Polymer translocation through a nanopore: A geometry dependence study

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 421-424

  O'Keeffe, J ^a,b   Cozmuta, I ^a   Stolc, V ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; DNA; Electron mobility; Electrostatics; Entropy; Geometry; Nanoporous materials; NASA; Polymers; Voltage

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DNA; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ELECTROSTATICS; ENTROPY; GEOMETRY; HOMOPOLYMERIZATION; NANOPORES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NASA; NUCLEIC ACIDS; POROUS MATERIALS; VELOCITY;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; DRIFT VELOCITIES; DRIFT-DIFFUSION MODEL; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; NANO-POROUS MATERIALS; POLYMER DYNAMICS; POLYMER TRANSLOCATION; SINGLE STRANDED NUCLEIC ACIDS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84943223848     PISSN: 19449399     EISSN: 19449380     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NANO.2003.1231808     Document Type: Conference Paper

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