The entrance dynamics of polymers into a gel
| dc.creator | Kob, Walter | |
| dc.creator | Cugliandolo, Leticia F. | |
| dc.date | 2000-06-03 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T02:37:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T02:37:49Z | |
| dc.description | We use computer simulations to study the (driven) dynamics of a charged polymer in a disordered medium, thus mimicking the setting used in gel electrophoresis. In agreement with experiments, we find that inside the gel the mobility of the polymer is only a weak function of its length N. In contrast to this, the mean entrance time into the gel, is a very strong function of N, <tau_e > \propto N^1.3, and does not show any sign of saturation with increasing N. We rationalize this effect by means of a simple model and propose an experimental setup that should allow to increase the separation ability of gel electrophoresis significantly. | |
| dc.description | 7 pages of Latex, 4 figures | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0006049 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0006049 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/16436 | |
| dc.subject | Statistical Mechanics | |
| dc.subject | Disordered Systems and Neural Networks | |
| dc.title | The entrance dynamics of polymers into a gel | |
| dc.type | text |