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Biomolecular motor is a kind of protein macromolecule widely existing in cells. It can convert the chemical energy contained in ATP molecules into mechanical motion, and then continuously provide power for the material transport process. In order to further study the directional transport of molecular motors, the Brownian ratchet model is established based on Brownian motion theory. However, most of the considerations in previous studies are devoted to the motion of Brownian particles under the condition of unit friction damping. In order to further study the influence of medium damping on the directional motion of Brownian particles, our group further study the directional transport of Brownian ratchets in different damping environments, and find that the suitable friction damping coefficient ratio can increase the center-of-mass mean velocity of the coupled Brownian particle. It should be pointed out that the above studies of Brownian ratchets consider the motion of Brownian particles under the condition of uniform spatial friction. In fact, the cell environment in organism is very complex, and the concentration and impurities in the cell change all the time. The medium damping of molecular motor is not always fixed, so choosing the space non-uniform friction condition to study the directional motion of coupled Brownian particles under different damping environments can better understand the directional transport characteristics of friction ratchets. In addition, other point of interest in the research of biomolecular motors is the high efficiency of energy conversion. Experimental results show that the energy conversion efficiencies of most molecular motors are more than 70%, and the efficiencies of some motors are even close to 100%. However, by comparing the experimental results with the theoreticalstudies, it can be found that the efficiency calculated by ratchet model is much lower than that measured in experiment. Therefore, in this paper, the directional motion of coupled Brownian particles in the space non-uniform friction environment is studied in depth, and the energy conversion efficiency of Brownian particles is further discussed. The results show that the center-of-mass mean velocity varying with the amplitude of the friction coefficient presents a multi-peak structure. This conclusion shows that friction damping does not always hinder the directional motion of coupled particles, and the frictional environment under certain conditions can also enhance the directional transport of coupled Brownian particles. At the same time, the change of the energy conversion efficiency of friction ratchets is similar to that of the center-of-mass mean velocity, which means that the proper friction damping can also enhance the transport performance of the friction ratchets. In addition, under the condition of small friction amplitude, the flow reversal of friction ratchet can be induced by external force amplitude, external potential asymmetry and spatial phase difference. The conclusions obtained in this paper can not only help people understand the directional transport performance of coupled particles in a spatially non-uniform friction environment, but also provide theoretical inspiration for particle separation and screening technology and the design of artificial nanomachines. -
Keywords:
- friction ratchets /
- center-of-mass mean velocity /
- energy conversion efficiency /
- friction coefficient amplitude
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图 1 不同外力振幅
$ A $ 下质心平均速度$ \left\langle v \right\rangle $ 随摩擦系数振幅$ {\gamma _0} $ 的变化曲线, 其中$\varDelta = 1$ ,$\theta = 0.75{\text{π }}$ Figure 1. The curves of the center-of-mass mean velocity
$ \left\langle v \right\rangle $ varying with the amplitude of the friction coefficient$ {\gamma _0} $ under different external force amplitude$ A $ , where$\varDelta = 1$ ,$\theta = 0.75{\text{π }}$ .
图 2 (a) 不同外势不对称度
$\varDelta$ 下质心平均速度$ \left\langle v \right\rangle $ 随摩擦系数振幅$ {\gamma _0} $ 的变化曲线; (b) 外势作用力$- {\text{d}}{V_r} \left( x \right)/{\text{d}}x$ 随外势不对称度$\varDelta$ 变化的曲线, 其中$ A = 4 $ ,$\theta = 0.75{\text{π }}$ Figure 2. (a) The curves of the center-of-mass mean velocity
$ \left\langle v \right\rangle $ varying with the amplitude of the friction coefficient$ {\gamma _0} $ under different asymmetric parameter$\varDelta$ ; (b) the curves of the external potential force$ - {\text{d}}{V_r}\left( x \right)/{\text{d}}x$ varying with asymmetric parameter$\varDelta$ , where$ A = 4 $ ,$\theta = 0.75{\text{π }}$ .
图 3 不同空间相位差
$ \theta $ 下质心平均速度$ \left\langle v \right\rangle $ 随摩擦系数振幅$ {\gamma _0} $ 的变化曲线, 其中$ A = 4 $ ,$\varDelta = 1$ Figure 3. The curves of the center-of-mass mean velocity
$ \left\langle v \right\rangle $ varying with the amplitude of the friction coefficient$ {\gamma _0} $ under different spatial phase difference$ \theta $ , where$ A = 4 $ ,$\varDelta = 1$ .
图 4 不同外力振幅下能量转化效率
$ \eta $ 随摩擦系数振幅$ {\gamma _0} $ 的变化曲线, 其中$\varDelta = 1= 1$ ,$\theta = 0.75{\text{π }}$ Figure 4. The curves of the energy conversion efficiency
$ \eta $ varying with the amplitude of the friction coefficient$ {\gamma _0} $ under different external force amplitudes A, where$\varDelta = 1= 1$ ,$\theta = 0.75{\text{π }}$ .
图 5 不同外势不对称度
$\varDelta$ 下能量转化效率$ \eta $ 随摩擦系数振幅$ {\gamma _0} $ 的变化曲线, 其中$ A = 4 $ ,$\theta = 0.75{\text{π }}$ Figure 5. The curves of the energy conversion efficiency
$ \eta $ varying with the amplitude of the friction coefficient$ {\gamma _0} $ under different external asymmetric parameter$\varDelta$ , where$ A = 4 $ ,$\theta = 0.75{\text{π }}$ .
图 6
$\theta = 0.75{\text{π }}$ 时能量转化效率$ \eta $ 随摩擦系数振幅$ {\gamma _0} $ 的变化曲线, 其中$ A = 4 $ ,$\varDelta = 1$ Figure 6. The curve of the energy conversion efficiency
$ \eta $ varying with the amplitude of the friction coefficient$ {\gamma _0} $ , where$\theta = 0.75{\text{π }}$ ,$ A = 4 $ ,$\varDelta = 1$ .
图 7 质心平均速度
$ \left\langle v \right\rangle $ 随外力振幅$ A $ 的变化曲线, 其中$\varDelta = 1$ ,$\theta = 0.75{\text{π }}$ Figure 7. The curves of the center-of-mass mean velocity
$ \left\langle v \right\rangle $ varying with the amplitude of the external force$ A $ , where$\varDelta = 1$ ,$\theta = 0.75{\text{π }}$ .
图 8 质心平均速度
$ \left\langle v \right\rangle $ 随外势不对称度$\varDelta$ 的变化曲线, 其中$ A = 4 $ ,$ {\gamma _0} = 0.08 $ Figure 8. The curves of the center-of-mass mean velocity
$ \left\langle v \right\rangle $ varying with asymmetric parameter$\varDelta$ , where$ A = 4 $ ,$ {\gamma _0} = 0.08 $ .
图 9 质心平均速度
$ \left\langle v \right\rangle $ 随空间相位差$ \theta $ 的变化曲线, 其中$\varDelta = 1$ ,$ {\gamma _0} = 0.08 $ Figure 9. The curves of the center-of-mass mean velocity
$ \left\langle v \right\rangle $ varying with spatial phase difference$ \theta $ , where$\varDelta = 1$ ,$ {\gamma _0} = 0.08 $ . -
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Shu Y G, Ouyang Z C 2007 Physics 36 735
Google Scholar
[2] Xie P 2010 Int. J. Biol. Sci. 6 665
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Google Scholar
Guo X Q 2019 Chin. J. Nat. 41 56
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[6] Mateos J L, Arzola A V, Volke-Seplveda K 2011 Phys. Rev. Lett. 106 168104
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Zhang X, Cao J H, Ai B Q, Gao T F, Zheng Z G 2020 Acta Phys. Sin. 69 100503
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