Unbiased diffusion in tubes with corrugated walls

作者:Dagdug Leonardo; Vazquez Marco Vinicio; Berezhkovskii Alexander M; Bezrukov Sergey M*
来源:Journal of Chemical Physics, 2010, 133(3): 034707.
DOI:10.1063/1.3431756

摘要

This study is devoted to unbiased motion of a point Brownian particle in a tube with corrugated walls made of conical sections of a varying length. Effective one-dimensional description in terms of the generalized Fick-Jacobs equation is used to derive a formula which gives the effective diffusion coefficient of the particle as a function of the geometric parameters of the tube. Comparison with the results of Brownian dynamics simulations allows us to establish the domain of applicability of both the one-dimensional description and the formula for the effective diffusion coefficient.

  • 出版日期2010-7-21