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Flexible polymer confined inside a cone-shaped nano-channel
Narges Nikoofard, Hossein Fazli
Nano-scale confinement of polymer in cone-shaped geometries occurs in many experimental situations. A flexible polymer confined in a cone-shaped nano-channel is studied theoretical…
Obstruction enhances the diffusivity of self-propelled rod-like particles
Hamidreza Khalilian, Hossein Fazli
Diffusion of self-propelled particles in the presence of randomly distributed obstacles in three dimensions is studied using molecular dynamics simulations. It is found that depend…
Directed translocation of a flexible polymer through a cone-shaped channel
Narges Nikoofard, Hamidreza Khalilian, Hossein Fazli
Entropy-driven directed translocation of a flexible polymer through a cone-shaped channel is studied theoretically and using computer simulation. For a given length of the channel,…
Chiral Structure of F-actin Bundle Formed by Multivalent Counterions?
Sarah Mohammadinejad, Ramin Golestanian, Hossein Fazli
The mechanism of multivalent counterion-induced bundle formation by filamentous actin (F-actin) is studied using a coarse-grained model and molecular dynamics simulation. Real diam…
Electric-field-driven polymer entry into asymmetric nanoscale channels
Narges Nikoofard, Hossein Fazli
The electric-field-driven entry process of flexible charged polymers such as single stranded DNA (ssDNA) into asymmetric nanoscale channels such as alpha-hemolysin protein channel…
Free Energy Barrier for Electric Field Driven Polymer Entry into Nanoscale Channels
Narges Nikoofard, Hossein Fazli
Free energy barrier for entry of a charged polymer into a nanoscale channel by a driving electric field is studied theoretically and using molecular dynamics simulations. Dependenc…
Three-dimensional Brownian diffusion of rod-like macromolecules in the presence of randomly distributed spherical obstacles: Molecular dynamics simulation
Farzaneh Sakha, Hossein Fazli
Brownian diffusion of rod-like polymers in the presence of randomly distributed spherical obstacles is studied using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. It is observed that depend…
Brushes of flexible, semiflexible and rodlike diblock polyampholytes: Molecular dynamics simulation and scaling analysis
M. Baratlo, H. Fazli
Planar brushes of flexible, semiflexible and rodlike diblock polyampholytes are studied using molecular dynamics simulations and scaling analysis in a wide range of the grafting de…
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Semiflexible Polyampholyte Brushes - The Effect of Charged Monomers Sequence
M. Baratlo, H. Fazli
Planar brushes formed by end-grafted semiflexible polyampholyte chains, each chain containing equal number of positively and negatively charged monomers is studied using molecular…
Orientationally ordered aggregates of stiff polyelectrolytes in the presence of multivalent salt
Sarah Mohammadinejad, Hossein Fazli, Ramin Golestanian
Aggregation of stiff polyelectrolytes in solution and angle- and distance-dependent potential of mean force between two like-charged rods are studied in the presence of 3-valent sa…
Aggregation kinetics of stiff polyelectrolytes in the presence of multivalent salt
Hossein Fazli, Ramin Golestanian
Using molecular dynamics simulations, the kinetics of bundle formation for stiff polyelectrolytes such as actin is studied in the solution of multivalent salt. The dominant kinetic…
Orientational Ordering and Dynamics of Rodlike Polyelectrolytes
Hossein Fazli, Ramin Golestanian, Mohammad R. Kolahchi
The interplay between electrostatic interactions and orientational correlations is studied for a model system of charged rods positioned on a chain, using Monte Carlo simulation te…
Rod-like Polyelectrolyte Brushes with Mono- and Multivalent Counterions
H. Fazli, R. Golestanian, P. L. Hansen +1
A model of rod-like polyelectrolyte brushes in the presence of monovalent and multivalent counterions but with no added-salt is studied using Monte Carlo simulation. The average he…