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Giant enhancement of hydrodynamically enforced entropic trapping in thin channels

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Using our generalized Fick-Jacobs approach [1, 2] and extensive Brownian dynamics simulations, we study particle transport through three-dimensional periodic channels of different height. Directed motion is caused by the interplay of constant bias acting along the channel axis and a pressure-driven flow. The tremendous change of the flow profile shape in channel direction with the channel height is reflected in a crucial dependence of the mean particle velocity and the effective diffusion coefficient on the channel height. In particular, we observe a giant suppression of the effective diffusivity in thin channels; four orders of magnitude compared to the bulk value.

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  1. Department of Physics, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstraße 36, EW 7-1, 10623, Berlin, Germany

    S. Martens

  2. Department of Physics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Newtonstr. 15, 12489, Berlin, Germany

    A. V. Straube & L. Schimansky-Geier

  3. Department of Physics, Universität Augsburg, Universitätsstr. 1, 86135, Augsburg, Germany

    G. Schmid & P. Hänggi

  4. Nanosystems Initiative Munich, Schellingstr. 4, 80799, München, Germany

    P. Hänggi

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Martens, S., Straube, A.V., Schmid, G. et al. Giant enhancement of hydrodynamically enforced entropic trapping in thin channels. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 223, 3095–3111 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2014-02321-9

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