2008
DOI: 10.1103/physreve.78.050901
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Dynamical scaling exponents for polymer translocation through a nanopore

Abstract: We determine the scaling exponents of polymer translocation ͑PT͒ through a nanopore by extensive computer simulations of various microscopic models for chain lengths extending up to N = 800 in some cases. We focus on the scaling of the average PT time ϳ N ␣ and the mean-square change of the PT coordinate, ͗s 2 ͑t͒͘ ϳ t ␤ . We find ␣ =1+2 and ␤ =2/ ␣ for unbiased PT in two dimensions ͑2D͒ and three dimensions ͑3D͒. The relation ␣␤ = 2 holds for driven PT in 2D, with a crossover from ␣ Ϸ 2 for short chains to ␣ … Show more

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“…If so, this would weaken the analogy between the translocation and the anomalous diffusion of a monomer. (The accuracy of these claims is questioned in further work [39]. )…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…If so, this would weaken the analogy between the translocation and the anomalous diffusion of a monomer. (The accuracy of these claims is questioned in further work [39]. )…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…In the case of a strong polymer-pore interaction and a weak driving force, the translocation and the residence times depend nonmonotonically on the polymer length. A combination of MC and LD simulations in two and three dimensions investigated the scaling of the translocation time with the length of the threaded polymer and revealed a variety of distinct scaling exponents for both unbiased and driven translocation, 53 raising a new debate on the scaling exponents and their theoretical explanation.…”
Section: Numerical Simulationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Because of this, much simulation work has been performed with different simulation methods and simulation models, such as Langevin dynamics(LD) [8][9][10][11][12][13][14] , Monte Carlo (MC) simulation [15][16][17] , molecular dynamics(MD) [18][19][20] , Brownian dynamics(BD) [21] , Disipative particle dynamics (DPD) [22,23] , and Lattice Boltzmann method(LBM) [24,25] . In principle, these methods and models studied the effects of factors, e.g., external field [13] , polymer-pore interactions [10] , and chain length [14,18] .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%