issipative particle dynamics simulation of entropic trapping for DNA separation
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چکیده
The dissipative particle dynamic (DPD) method is applied to simulate the DNA separation process based on a mechanism developed earlier by other authors, who demonstrated a micro-device for separating DNAmolecules (>2kbp) through an entropic trapping mechanism. The DPD is used to model the process because it is intrinsic tomodeling hydrodynamic interactions, which is lacking in some earlier works.We ccepted 25 November 2009 vailable online 3 December 2009
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