Splitting probabilities for dynamics in corrugated channels: Passive vs. active Brownian motion (a)

Malgaretti P, Nizkaia T, Oshanin G (2023)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2023

Journal

EPL - Europhysics Letters Institute of Physics: EPL

Book Volume: 142

Article Number: 57001

Journal Issue: 5

DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/acd4e4

Abstract

In many practically important problems which rely on particles' transport in realistic corrugated channels, one is interested in knowing the probability that either of the extremities (e.g., the one containing a chemically active site, or connected to a broader channel) is reached before the other one. In mathematical literature, the latter are called the “splitting” probabilities (SPs). Here, within the Fick-Jacobs approach, we study analytically the SPs as functions of system's parameters for dynamics in three-dimensional corrugated channels, confronting standard diffusion and active Brownian motion. Our analysis reveals some similarities in the behavior and also some markedly different features, which can be seen as fingerprints of the activity of particles.

Involved external institutions

Forschungszentrum Jülich / Research Centre Jülich (FZJ) DE Germany (DE) Sorbonne Université FR France (FR)

How to cite

APA:

Malgaretti, P., Nizkaia, T., & Oshanin, G. (2023). Splitting probabilities for dynamics in corrugated channels: Passive vs. active Brownian motion (a). EPL - Europhysics Letters, 142(5). https://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/acd4e4

MLA:

Malgaretti, P., T. Nizkaia, and G. Oshanin. "Splitting probabilities for dynamics in corrugated channels: Passive vs. active Brownian motion (a)." EPL - Europhysics Letters 142.5 (2023).

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