Colloquium: Physical approaches to DNA sequencing and detection

M Zwolak, M Di Ventra - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2008 - APS
With the continued improvement of sequencing technologies, the prospect of genome-based
medicine is now at the forefront of scientific research. To realize this potential, however, a …

Polymer translocation: the first two decades and the recent diversification

VV Palyulin, T Ala-Nissila, R Metzler - Soft matter, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Probably no other field of statistical physics at the borderline of soft matter and biological
physics has caused such a flurry of papers as polymer translocation since the 1994 …

Polymer translocation and nanopore sequencing: a review of advances and challenges

SL Singh, K Chauhan, AS Bharadwaj… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Various biological processes involve the translocation of macromolecules across
nanopores; these pores are basically protein channels embedded in membranes …

Influence of polymer-pore interactions on translocation

K Luo, T Ala-Nissila, SC Ying, A Bhattacharya - Physical Review Letters, 2007 - APS
We investigate the influence of polymer-pore interactions on the translocation dynamics
using Langevin dynamics simulations. An attractive interaction can greatly improve the …

Nanopore sensing: A physical-chemical approach

JWF Robertson, ML Ghimire, JE Reiner - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2021 - Elsevier
Protein nanopores have emerged as an important class of sensors for the understanding of
biophysical processes, such as molecular transport across membranes, and for the …

Langevin dynamics simulations of polymer translocation through nanopores

I Huopaniemi, K Luo, T Ala-Nissila… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
We investigate the dynamics of polymer translocation through a nanopore using two-
dimensional Langevin dynamics simulations. In the absence of an external driving force, we …

Sequence dependence of DNA translocation through a nanopore

K Luo, T Ala-Nissila, SC Ying, A Bhattacharya - Physical Review Letters, 2008 - APS
We investigate the dynamics of DNA translocation through a nanopore using 2D Langevin
dynamics simulations, focusing on the dependence of the translocation dynamics on the …

Modeling the separation of macromolecules: A review of current computer simulation methods

GW Slater, C Holm, MV Chubynsky… - …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Theory and numerical simulations play a major role in the development of improved
and novel separation methods. In some cases, computer simulations predict counterintuitive …

Driven polymer translocation through nanopores: Slow-vs.-fast dynamics

K Luo, T Ala-Nissila, SC Ying, R Metzler - Europhysics letters, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate the dynamics of polymer translocation through nanopores under external
driving by 3D Langevin Dynamics simulations, focusing on the scaling of the average …

Polymer translocation through a nanopore: A showcase of anomalous diffusion

JLA Dubbeldam, A Milchev, VG Rostiashvili… - Physical Review E …, 2007 - APS
The translocation dynamics of a polymer chain through a nanopore in the absence of an
external driving force is analyzed by means of scaling arguments, fractional calculus, and …