Analysis of models of single-file diffusion.
Theoretical models of single-file transport in a homogeneous channel are considered. Three levels of channel populations were specified for which different approximations could be used. The results of these approximations are in good agreement with the results of a computer experiment (Aityan and Portnov 1986). At low populations, the pair correlation functions were negligibly small and allowed the use of linear approximation for unidirectional fluxes and populations. The value of the pair correlation function and the respective approximation for fluxes was obtained by the two-particles random-walk technique. At extremely high populations, the "divider" technique was proposed to describe the single-file transport. The divider technique allowed to explain the exponential shape of the pair correlation function FABn, n + 1 profile at extremely high populations. At medium populations the finite difference superposition approximation was valid.
Aityan
S K
SK
A. N. Frumkin Institute of Electrochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow.
Portnov
V I
VI
D003198:Computer Simulation; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000502:physiology*; D008433:Mathematics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011336:Probability
D007473:Ion Channels