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We review recent progress on the theory of dynamics of polymer translocation through a nanopore based on the iso-flux tension propagation (IFTP) theory. We investigate both pore-driven translocation of flexible and a semi-flexible polymers,…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-10-16 Jalal Sarabadani , Tapio Ala-Nissila

We investigate the translocation dynamics of a folded linear polymer which is pulled through a nanopore by an external force. To this end, we generalize the iso-flux tension propagation (IFTP) theory for end-pulled polymer translocation to…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-12-18 Bappa Ghosh , Jalal Sarabadani , Srabanti Chaudhury , Tapio Ala-Nissila

We study the driven translocation of a semi-flexible polymer through a nanopore by means of a modified version of the iso-flux tension propagation theory (IFTP), and extensive molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. We show that in contrast to…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-12-28 Jalal Sarabadani , Timo Ikonen , Harri Mökkönen , Tapio Ala-Nissila , Spencer Carson , Meni Wanunu

We consider the dynamics of pore-driven polymer translocation through a nanopore to semi-infinite space when the chain is initially confined and equilibrated in a narrow channel. To this end, we use Langevin dynamics (LD) simulations and…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-03-11 Soheila Emamyari , Jalal Sarabadani , Ralf Metzler , Tapio Ala-Nissila

We develop a theory for polymer translocation driven by a time-dependent force through an oscillating nanopore. To this end, we extend the iso-flux tension propagation theory (IFTP) [Sarabadani \textit{et al., J. Chem. Phys.}, 2014,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-09-02 Jalal Sarabadani , Timo Ikonen , Tapio Ala-Nissila

We use a combination of computer simulations and iso-flux tension propagation (IFTP) theory to investigate translocation dynamics of a flexible linear polymer through a nanopore into an environment composed of repulsive active rods in 2D.…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-02-03 Hamidreza Khalilian , Jalal Sarabadani , Tapio Ala-Nissila

We suggest a theoretical description of the force-induced translocation dynamics of a polymer chain through a nanopore. Our consideration is based on the tensile (Pincus) blob picture of a pulled chain and the notion of propagating front of…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2012-04-17 J. L. A. Dubbeldam , V. G. Rostiashvili , A. Milchev , T. A. Vilgis

The theoretical formulation of driven polymer translocation through nanopores is complicated by the combination of the pore electrohydrodynamics and the nonequilibrium polymer dynamics originating from the conformational polymer…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-01-15 Sahin Buyukdagli , Jalal Sarabadani , Tapio Ala-Nissila

Iso-flux tension propagation (IFTP) theory and Langevin dynamics (LD) simulations are employed to study the dynamics of channel-driven polymer translocation in which a polymer translocates into a narrow channel and the monomers in the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-05-16 Jalal Sarabadani , Ralf Metzler , Tapio Ala-Nissila

We present a theoretical description of the dynamics of a semi-flexible polymer being pulled through a nanopore by an external force acting at the pore. Our theory is based on the tensile blob picture of Pincus in which the front of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-09-16 Pui-Man Lam , Yi Zhen

We investigate polymer translocation through a nanopore under a pulling force using Langevin dynamics simulations. We concentrate on the influence of the chain length $N$ and the pulling force $F$ on the translocation time $\tau$. The…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-06-27 Ilkka Huopaniemi , Kaifu luo , Tapio Ala-Nissila , See-Chen Ying

We investigate the dynamics of pore-driven polymer translocation by theoretical analysis and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Using the tension propagation theory within the constant flux approximation we derive an explicit equation of…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-23 Jalal Sarabadani , Timo Ikonen , Tapio Ala-Nissila

We study the translocation dynamics of a polymer chain threaded through a nanopore by an external force. By means of diverse methods (scaling arguments, fractional calculus and Monte Carlo simulation) we show that the relevant dynamic…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-07-29 J. L. A. Dubbeldam , A. Milchev , V. G. Rostiashvili , T. A. Vilgis

We consider the influence of electrostatic forces on driven translocation dynamics of a flexible polyelectrolyte being pulled through a nanopore by an external force on the head monomer. To this end, we augment the iso-flux tension…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-07-07 Jalal Sarabadani , Sahin Buyukdagli , Tapio Ala-Nissila

We investigate the dynamics of polymer translocation through nanopores under external driving by 3D Langevin Dynamics simulations, focusing on the scaling of the average translocation time $\tau$ versus the length of the polymer, $\tau\sim…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2010-01-04 Kaifu Luo , Tapio Ala-Nissila , See-Chen Ying , Ralf Metzler

The transport of polymers with folded configurations across membrane pores is investigated theoretically by analyzing simple discrete stochastic models. The translocation dynamics is viewed as a sequence of two events: motion of the folded…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-13 Stanislav Kotsev , Anatoly B. Kolomeisky

Force-driven translocation of a macromolecule through a nanopore is investigated by taking into account the monomer-pore friction as well as the "crowding" of monomers on the {\it trans} - side of the membrane which counterbalance the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2014-10-06 Johan L. A. Dubbeldam , V. G. Rostiashvili , T. A. Vilgis

During polymer translocation driven by e.g. voltage drop across a nanopore, the segments in the cis-side is incessantly pulled into the pore, which are then pushed out of it into the trans-side. This pulling and pushing polymer segments are…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-16 Takuya Saito , Takahiro Sakaue

Using two dimensional Langevin dynamics simulations, we investigate the dynamics of polymer translocation into a fluidic channel with diameter $R$ through a nanopore under a driving force $F$. Due to the crowding effect induced by the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2010-08-30 Kaifu Luo , Ralf Metzler

Using Langevin dynamics simulations, we investigate the dynamics of polymer translocation into a circular nanocontainer through a nanopore under a driving force $F$. We observe that the translocation probability initially increases and then…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2012-12-06 Kehong Zhang , Kaifu Luo
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