Polymer translocation: the first two decades and the recent diversification

VV Palyulin, T Ala-Nissila, R Metzler - Soft matter, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Probably no other field of statistical physics at the borderline of soft matter and biological
physics has caused such a flurry of papers as polymer translocation since the 1994 …

Single-polymer dynamics under constraints: scaling theory and computer experiment

A Milchev - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The relaxation, diffusion and translocation dynamics of single linear polymer chains in
confinement is briefly reviewed with emphasis on the comparison between theoretical …

Deciphering ionic current signatures of DNA transport through a nanopore

A Aksimentiev - Nanoscale, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Within just a decade from the pioneering work demonstrating the utility of nanopores for
molecular sensing, nanopores have emerged as versatile systems for single-molecule …

Influence of polymer-pore interactions on translocation

K Luo, T Ala-Nissila, SC Ying, A Bhattacharya - Physical Review Letters, 2007 - APS
We investigate the influence of polymer-pore interactions on the translocation dynamics
using Langevin dynamics simulations. An attractive interaction can greatly improve the …

Langevin dynamics simulations of polymer translocation through nanopores

I Huopaniemi, K Luo, T Ala-Nissila… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
We investigate the dynamics of polymer translocation through a nanopore using two-
dimensional Langevin dynamics simulations. In the absence of an external driving force, we …

Exploring transmembrane transport through α-hemolysin with grid-steered molecular dynamics

DB Wells, V Abramkina, A Aksimentiev - The Journal of chemical …, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
The transport of biomolecules across cell boundaries is central to cellular function. While
structures of many membrane channels are known, the permeation mechanism is known …

Sequence dependence of DNA translocation through a nanopore

K Luo, T Ala-Nissila, SC Ying, A Bhattacharya - Physical Review Letters, 2008 - APS
We investigate the dynamics of DNA translocation through a nanopore using 2D Langevin
dynamics simulations, focusing on the dependence of the translocation dynamics on the …

Modeling the separation of macromolecules: A review of current computer simulation methods

GW Slater, C Holm, MV Chubynsky… - …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Theory and numerical simulations play a major role in the development of improved
and novel separation methods. In some cases, computer simulations predict counterintuitive …

Driven polymer translocation through nanopores: Slow-vs.-fast dynamics

K Luo, T Ala-Nissila, SC Ying, R Metzler - Europhysics letters, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate the dynamics of polymer translocation through nanopores under external
driving by 3D Langevin Dynamics simulations, focusing on the scaling of the average …

Polymer translocation through a nanopore: A showcase of anomalous diffusion

JLA Dubbeldam, A Milchev, VG Rostiashvili… - Physical Review E …, 2007 - APS
The translocation dynamics of a polymer chain through a nanopore in the absence of an
external driving force is analyzed by means of scaling arguments, fractional calculus, and …