Steering the potential barriers: entropic to energetic
arXiv:1010.0611 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.82.051128
Abstract
We propose a new mechanism to alter the nature of the potential barriers when a biased Brownian particle under goes a constrained motion in narrow, periodic channel. By changing the angle of the external bias, the nature of the potential barriers changes from purely entropic to energetic which in turn effects the diffusion process in the system. At an optimum angle of the bias, the nonlinear mobility exhibits a striking bell-shaped behavior. Moreover, the enhancement of the scaled effective diffusion coefficient can be efficiently controlled by the angle of the bias. This mechanism enables the proper design of channel structures for transport of molecules and small particles. The approximative analytical predictions have been verified by precise Brownian dynamic simulations.
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