Polymer translocation through a nanopore: A two-dimensional Monte Carlo study

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Luo, Kaifu ^a   Ala Nissila, T ^a,b   Ying, See Chen ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTROPIC BARRIER; FLUCTUATING BOND MODEL; POLYMER TRANSLOCATION; TRANSLOCATION DYNAMICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GYRATORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 31144460850     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2161189     Document Type: Article

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