Translocation of DNA molecules through nanopores with salt gradients: the role of osmotic flow
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| Publication date | 2011 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | Issue number | 107 | 6 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
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| Abstract |
Recent experiments of translocation of double stranded DNA through nanopores M. Wanunu textitet al. Nature Nanotech. 5, 160 (2010) reveal that the DNA capture rate can be significantly influenced by a salt gradient across the pore. We show that osmotic flow combined with electrophoretic effects can quantitatively explain the experimental data on the salt-gradient dependence of the capture rate. |
| Document type | Article |
| Language | English |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.068101 |
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