Dynamics of polymer translocation into a circular nanocontainer through a nanopore

preprint2012arXivOpen access

Abstract

Using Langevin dynamics simulations, we investigate the dynamics of polymer translocation into a circular nanocontainer through a nanopore under a driving force FF. We observe that the translocation probability initially increases and then saturates with increasing FF, independent of ϕϕ, which is the average density of the whole chain in the nanocontainer. The translocation time distribution undergoes a transition from a Gaussian distribution to an asymmetric distribution with increasing ϕϕ. Moreover, we find a nonuniversal scaling exponent of the translocation time as chain length, depending on ϕϕ and FF. These results are interpreted by the conformation of the translocated chain in the nanocontainer and the time of an individual segment passing through the pore during translocation.

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