Translocation time of periodically forced polymer chains

Details Translocation time of periodically forced polymer chains Translocation time of periodically forced polymer chains

2010-09-09

arxiv.org/abs/1009.1721v1

Phys. Rev. E 82, 031803 (2010) [6 pages]

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

7 pages, 11 figures. Physical Review E (in press)

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.82.031803

We show the presence of both a minimum and clear oscillations in the frequency dependence of the translocation time of a polymer described as a unidimensional Rouse chain driven by a spatially localized oscillating linear potential. The observed oscillations of the mean translocation time arise from the synchronization between the very mean translocation time and the period of the external force. We have checked the robustness of the frequency value for the minimum translocation time by changing the damping parameter, finding a very simple relationship between this frequency and the correspondent translocation time. The translocation time as a function of the polymer length has been also evaluated, finding a precise $L^2$ scaling. Furthermore, the role played by the thermal fluctuations described as a Gaussian uncorrelated noise has been also investigated, and the analogies with the resonant activation phenomenon are commented.

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