Effective diffusion in one-dimensional rough potential-energy landscapes

• Main Authors: Gray, Thomas H., Yong, Ee Hou
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Science::Physics; Diffusion; Disordered Systems
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/146566
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Diffusion in spatially rough, confining, one-dimensional continuous energy landscapes is treated using Zwanzig's proposal, which is based on the Smoluchowski equation. We show that Zwanzig's conjecture agrees with Brownian dynamics simulations only in the regime of small roughness. Our cor...