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1Department of Chemistry , The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Clear Water Bay, Kowloon , Hong Kong.
Abstract:
Recent experimental data reveal the complexity of diffusion dynamics beyond the scope of classical Brownian dynamics. The particles exhibit diverse diffusive motions from the anomalous toward classical diffusion over a wide range of temporal scales. Here a dressed diffusion model is developed to account for non-Brownian phenomena. By coupling the particle dynamics with a local field, the dressed diffusion model generalizes the Langevin equation through coupled damping kernels and generates the salient feature of time-dependent diffusion dynamics reported in the experimental measurements of biomolecules. The dressed diffusion model provides one quantitative aspect for future endeavors in this rapid-growing field.
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