Dynamics of polymer translocation into a circular nanocontainer through a nanopore
Abstract
Using Langevin dynamics simulations, we investigate the dynamics of polymer translocation into a circular nanocontainer through a nanopore under a driving force . We observe that the translocation probability initially increases and then saturates with increasing , independent of , which is the average density of the whole chain in the nanocontainer. The translocation time distribution undergoes a transition from a Gaussian distribution to an asymmetric distribution with increasing . Moreover, we find a nonuniversal scaling exponent of the translocation time as chain length, depending on and . These results are interpreted by the conformation of the translocated chain in the nanocontainer and the time of an individual segment passing through the pore during translocation.
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@article{arxiv.1212.1044,
title = {Dynamics of polymer translocation into a circular nanocontainer through a nanopore},
author = {Kehong Zhang and Kaifu Luo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.1044},
year = {2012}
}
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9 pages, 12 figures