Electrophoresis simulated with the cage model for reptation
Statistical Mechanics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
The cage model for polymer reptation is extended to simulate DC electrophoresis. The drift velocity v of a polymer with length L in an electric field with strength E shows three different regions: if the strength of field is small, the drift velocity scales as E/L; for slightly larger strengths, it scales as E^2, independent of length; for high fields, but still E much smaller than 1, the drift velocity decreases exponentially to zero. The behaviour of the first two regions are in agreement with earlier reports on simulations of the Duke-Rubinstein model and with experimental work on DNA polymers in agarose gel.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9906090,
title = {Electrophoresis simulated with the cage model for reptation},
author = {H. R. W. Beljaars and A. van Heukelum},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9906090},
year = {2007}
}
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