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Translocation of a polymer chain driven by a dichotomous noise

Soft Condensed Matter 2012-03-01 v2 Biological Physics Biomolecules

Abstract

We consider the translocation of a one-dimensional polymer through a pore channel helped by a motor driven by a dichotomous noise with time exponential correlation. We are interested in the study of the translocation time, mean velocity and stall force of the system as a function of the mean driving frequency. We find a monotonous translocation time, in contrast with the mean velocity which shows a pronounced maximum at a given frequency. Interestingly, the stall force shows a nonmonotonic behavior with the presence of a minimum. The influence of the spring elastic constant to the mean translocation times and velocities is also presented.

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@article{arxiv.1202.5162,
  title  = {Translocation of a polymer chain driven by a dichotomous noise},
  author = {Alessandro Fiasconaro and Juan José Mazo and Fernando Falo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1202.5162},
  year   = {2012}
}

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11 pages, 7 figures