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ArticlePolymers2018

Dielectric Trapping of Biopolymers Translocating through Insulating Membranes.

Sahin Buyukdagli, Jalal Sarabadani, Tapio Ala-Nissila

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Article in Polymers, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 authors.

Sahin BuyukdagliDepartment of Physics, Bilkent University, Ankara 06800, Turkey. buyukdagli@fen.bilkent.edu.tr.ORCID 0000-0002-2133-470X
Jalal SarabadaniSchool of Nano Science, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), Tehran 19395-5531, Iran. jalal@ipm.ir.ORCID 0000-0002-4099-1537
Tapio Ala-NissilaInterdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Department of Mathematical Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3TU, UK. Tapio.Ala-Nissila@aalto.fi.ORCID 0000-0002-3210-3181

Funding

Academy of Finland QTF Centre of Excellence project 312298
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sensitive sequencing of biopolymers by nanopore-based translocation techniques requires an extension of the time spent by the molecule in the pore. We develop an electrostatic theory of polymer translocation to show that the translocation time can be extended via the dielectric trapping of the polymer. In dilute salt conditions, the dielectric contrast between the low permittivity membrane and large permittivity solvent gives rise to attractive interactions between the c i s and t r a n s portions of the polymer. This self-attraction acts as a dielectric trap that can enhance the translocation time by orders of magnitude. We also find that electrostatic interactions result in the piecewise scaling of the translocation time τ with the polymer length

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charge screeningdielectric membraneselectrostatic interactionspolymer translocation

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PMID30961167
PMCPMC6401742

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