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Molecular Motion through a Fluctuating Bottleneck

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

N. Eizenberg  and
J. Klafter
N. Eizenberg
Affiliation:
School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
J. Klafter
Affiliation:
School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
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Abstract

Molecular motion in a series of cavities dominated by time dependent bottlenecks is studied as a model for molecular pathways in biomolecules. The problem is formulated by coupled rate and Langevin equations and is shown to be equivalent to n-dimensional reaction-diffusion equation where n is the number of cavities visited by the molecules. Results are presented for two cavities and a comparison is made between steady state and non steady state results.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 366: Symposium N – Dynamics in Small Confining Systems , 1994 , 333
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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