| Issue |
EPL
Volume 80, Number 5, December 2007
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|---|---|---|
| Article Number | 56004 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Condensed Matter: Structural, Mechanical and Thermal Properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/80/56004 | |
| Published online | 05 November 2007 | |
Single-file diffusion of interacting particles in a one-dimensional channel
Departement Fysica, Universiteit Antwerpen - Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerpen, Belgium
Received:
7
September
2007
Accepted:
9
October
2007
Molecular diffusion in unidimensional channel structures (single-file diffusion) is important to understand the behavior of, e.g., colloidal particles in porous materials (zeolites) and superconducting vortices in 1-dimensional (1D) channels. Here the diffusion of charged massive particles in a 1D channel is investigated using the Langevin Dynamics (LD) simulations. We analyze different regimes based on the hierarchy of the interactions and damping mechanisms in the system and we show that, contrary to previous findings, single-file diffusion depends on the inter-particle interaction and could be suppressed if the interaction is strong enough displaying a subdiffusive behavior slower than 
, in agreement with recent experimental observations in colloids and charged metallic balls.
PACS: 64.60.Cn – Order-disorder transformations; statistical mechanics of model systems / 83.10.Mj – Molecular dynamics, Brownian dynamics / 83.10.Rs – Computer simulation of molecular and particle dynamics
© Europhysics Letters Association, 2007
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