Free-energy barrier for electric-field-driven polymer entry into nanoscale channels

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Nikoofard, Narges ^a   Fazli, Hossein ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN BASIC SCIENCES IASBS   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER HEIGHTS; CHANNEL ENTRANCES; CHARGED POLYMERS; DRIVING FIELD; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; LATERAL CONFINEMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANOSCALE CHANNELS; POLYMER LENGTH; SIMULATION RESULT; SQUEEZING EFFECT;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ENERGY BARRIERS; FREE ENERGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

POLYMERS;

EID: 79961086757     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.83.050801     Document Type: Article

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