Unforced translocation of a polymer chain through a nanopore: The solvent effect

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 126, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Wei, Dongshan ^b   Yang, Wen ^b   Jin, Xigao ^b   Liao, Qi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOPORES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

LANGEVIN DYNAMICS; POLYMER BEADS; POLYMER CHAINS; POLYMER TRANSLOCATION;

POLYMER BLENDS;

DNA; POLYMER; RNA; SOLVENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POLYMERS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA; SOLVENTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34249880793     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2735627     Document Type: Article

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