Effect of salt concentration on the electrophoretic speed of a polyelectrolyte through a nanopore.
In a previous paper [S. Ghosal, Phys. Rev. E 74, 041901 (2006)] a hydrodynamic model for determining the electrophoretic speed of a polyelectrolyte through an axially symmetric slowly varying nanopore was presented in the limit of a vanishingly small Debye length. Here the case of a finite Debye layer thickness is considered while restricting the pore geometry to that of a cylinder of length much larger than the diameter. Further, the possibility of a uniform surface charge on the walls of the nanopore is taken into account. It is thereby shown that the calculated transit times are consistent with recent measurements in silicon nanopores.
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA.
D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry; D004573:Electrolytes / Q000737:chemistry*; D004586:Electrophoresis; D049329:Nanostructures; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology
D004573:Electrolytes; D011189:Potassium Chloride; D004247:DNA