title: Current control in a two-dimensional channel with nonstraight midline and varying width.
abstract: Transport of overdamped Brownian particles in a two-dimensional channel with nonstraight midline and narrow varying width is investigated in the presence of an asymmetric unbiased external force. In the adiabatic limit, we obtain the analytical expression of the directed current. It is found that the current is manipulated by changing the phase shift between the top and bottom walls of the channel. As the phase shift is increased from 0 to π, the variation of the channel width decreases and the current also decreases. Remarkably, the current is always zero when the phase shift is equal to π, where the entropic barrier disappears. In addition, the temporal asymmetric parameter of the unbiased force not only determines the direction of the current but also affects its amplitude.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Quantum Information Technology, ICMP and SPTE, South China Normal University, 510006 Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Feng-guo
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Bao-quan
authors.initials: BQ
authors.lastname: Ai
mesh_terms: D003102:Colloids / Q000737:chemistry*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004058:Diffusion; D044085:Microfluidics / Q000379:methods*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids