Translocation and insertion of an amphiphilic polymer.
Translocation of amphiphilic polymers (random and block copolymers), consisting of hydrophilic and hydrophobic monomers, threading a pore is studied by using a three-dimensional dynamic Monte Carlo simulation. We find that there is a "translocation-insertion" threshold in the fraction of hydrophobic monomers on an amphiphilic polymer. The translocation time is given by simple scaling laws and increases with increasing the fraction of hydrophobic monomers.
Department of Bioscience and Bioinformatics, Faculty of Computer Science and System Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kawazu 680-4, Iizuka, Fukuoka 820-8502, Japan.
Satoshi
S
Tsuchiya
Akihiko
A
Matsuyama