Effect of charge distribution on the translocation of an inhomogeneously charged polymer through a nanopore

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 128, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Mohan, Aruna ^a   Kolomeisky, Anatoly B ^a   Pasquali, Matteo ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE DISTRIBUTION; CHARGED PARTICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

INHOMOGENEOUSLY CHARGED POLYMER; THE VOLTAGE-DRIVEN TRANSLOCATION;

NANOPORES;

NANOMATERIAL; POLYMER; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; POROSITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYMERS; POROSITY; PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 41549098709     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2868777     Document Type: Article

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