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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
Volume 114, Issue 51, Pages 17172-17176Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp108865q
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- National Institutes of Health [R01-HG05110-01]
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A biomimetic nanochannel coated with a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) can be used for sensing and analyzing biomolecules. The interaction between a transported biomolecule and a SAM governs the mechanically or electrically driven motion of the molecule. To investigate the translocation dynamics of a biomolecule, we performed all-atom molecular dynamics simulations on a single-stranded DNA in a solid-state nanochannel coated with a SAM that consists of octane or octanol polymers. Simulation results demonstrate that the interaction between DNA and a hydrophobic or a hydrophilic SAM is effectively repulsive or adhesive, respectively, resulting in different translocation dynamics of DNA. Therefore, with proper designs of SAMs coated on a channel surface, it is possible to control the translocation dynamics of a biomolecule. This work also demonstrates that traditional tribology methods can be deployed to study a biological, or biomimetic transport process.
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