Confinement-driven translocation of a flexible polymer
Soft Condensed Matter
2009-11-11 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
We consider the escape of a flexible, self-avoiding polymer chain out of a confined geometry. By means of simulations, we demonstrate that the translocation time can be described by a simple scaling law that exhibits a nonlinear dependence on the degree of polymerization and that is sensitive to the nature of the confining geometry. These results contradict earlier predictions but are in agreement with recently confirmed geometry-dependent expressions for the free energy of confinement.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0605715,
title = {Confinement-driven translocation of a flexible polymer},
author = {Angelo Cacciuto and Erik Luijten},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0605715},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett