Ion transport through biological channels

Authors

  • Jordi Faraudo Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia
  • Marcel Aguilella-Arzo Biophysics Group, Department of Physics, University Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana, Valencia

Keywords:

ionic transport, protein channels, non-equilibrium physics, Poisson-Nernst-Planck equation, molecular dynamics

Abstract

The transport of ions across single-molecule protein nanochannels is important both in the biological context and in proposed nanotechnological applications. Here we discuss these systems from the perspective of non-equilibrium physics, and in particular, whether the concepts underlying the physics of diffusive and electrokinetic transport can be employed to predict and understand these systems. [Contrib Sci 11(2): 181-188 (2015)]

Keywords: ionic transport · protein channels · non-equilibrium physics · Poisson-Nernst-Planck equation · molecular dynamics

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Vol. 11 No. 2 (2015)

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Soft matter

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