Abstract
Our previous approach on thermodiffusion modeling of dilute polymer solutions is extended to dilute DNA solutions. The model is based on linear non-equilibrium thermodynamics and the concept of Eyring's activation energy of viscous flow to estimate the Soret coefficient in thermophoresis of macromolecules that are not in liquid phase. The net heat of transport of single- and double-stranded DNA molecules, which are in solid state, are replaced by the activation energy of viscous flow of liquid alkanes with comparable molecular weights. The proposed formula is tested against available experimental data and qualitative agreement is observed. For double-stranded DNA molecules, the experimental data are scattered and the model can qualitatively predict the data, whereas for single-stranded DNA experiments in the infinite dilution model, for which the model is prescribed, a very good agreement is observed.
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