Exact steady-state velocity of ratchets driven by random sequential adsorption

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/40/21/009zbMATH Open1139.92002arXivcond-mat/0703742OpenAlexW2149727335WikidataQ42754755 ScholiaQ42754755MaRDI QIDQ3445834FDOQ3445834

Authors: Tom Chou, Tibor Antal, Maria R. D'Orsogna 

Publication date: 7 June 2007

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We solve the problem of discrete translocation of a polymer through a pore, driven by the irreversible, random sequential adsorption of particles on one side of the pore. Although the kinetics of the wall motion and the deposition are coupled, we find the exact steady-state distribution for the gap between the wall and the nearest deposited particle. This result enables us to construct the mean translocation velocity demonstrating that translocation is faster when the adsorbing particles are smaller. Monte-Carlo simulations also show that smaller particles gives less dispersion in the ratcheted motion. We also define and compare the relative efficiencies of ratcheting by deposition of particles with different sizes and we describe an associated "zone-refinement" process.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0703742

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of polymers (82D60) Biophysics (92C05) Applications of statistical mechanics to specific types of physical systems (82D99)

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