Density fluctuations dispersion relationship for a polymer confined to a nanotube

作者:Carpenter Joshua H*; Karpusenko Alena; Pan Junhan; Lim Shuang Fang; Riehn Robert
来源:Applied Physics Letters, 2011, 98(25): 253704.
DOI:10.1063/1.3602922

摘要

DNA confined to rigid nanotubes shows density fluctuations around its stretched equilibrium conformation. We report an experimental investigation of the length-scale dependent dynamics of these density fluctuations. We find that for highly elongated molecules a Rouse description is consistent with observations at sufficiently large length scales. We further find that for strongly fluctuating molecules, or short length scales, such Rouse modes cannot be detected due to strong mixing of fluctuation modes.

  • 出版日期2011-6-20