A random walk on a random channel with absorbing barriers

We consider random walks on one-dimensional random channels between two absorbing barriers. The problem can perhaps be used to model the diffusion of a molecule in a “random” membrane, the molecule traversing a random channel formed by the constituent membrane molecules. We are able to analytically follow the transition from diffusive to non-diffusive behavior as the minimum number of channel segments required to traverse the membrane increases.

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Year of publication:	1983
Authors:	Huckaby, Dale A. ; Hubbard, Joseph B.
Published in:	Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. - Elsevier, ISSN 0378-4371. - Vol. 122.1983, 3, p. 602-610
Publisher:	Elsevier

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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