Hard Sphere Diffusion Behaviour of Polymer Translocating through Interacting Pores

  • Received Date: July 06, 2008
  • Published Date: October 31, 2008
  • The translocation of polymer chain through a small pore from a high concentration side (cis side) to a low concentration side (trans side) is simulated by using Monte Carlo technique. The effect of the polymer--pore interaction on the translocation is studied. We find a special interaction at which the decay of the number of polymer chain, N, at the cis side obeys Fick's law, i.e. N decreases exponentially with time. The behaviour is analogous to the diffusion of hard sphere.
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