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APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING
Volume 75, Issue 2, Pages 285-291Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s003390201337
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We perform Monte Carlo simulations of an existing electrophoretic microchannel device used for the size separation of large DNA fragments. This device is normally operated with a constant (dc) driving field. In contrast, we consider the case of a varying (ac) driving field, in the zero-frequency limit. We find that a time-asymmetric pulse can yield interesting migration regimes, in particular bidirectional transport for different molecular sizes. We also study a spatially asymmetric version of the device and show that it can rectify unbiased but non-equilibrium molecular motion, in agreement with previous predictions for entropic ratchets. Finally, at finite frequency we uncover a resonance for the molecular velocity in the channel which could lead to improved performance.
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