Fig. 3: Topology-dictated scaling regimes of free energy change.
From: Topology mediates transport of nanoparticles in macromolecular networks
a Heat map of ΔF~z for various d in network cells at g = 4 (left), 20 (middle) and 32 (right). The color bar indicates the values of the particle diameter d. The boundaries of Regimes I and II and Regimes II and III are represented by purple and black dashed lines, respectively. Specifically, the hidden Regime IV in each plot gives ΔF(z) = 0. b Schematic of spherical particles with various sizes in a network cell for different regimes: Regime I: r > rout, Regime II: rmid < r < rout, Regime III: rin < r < rmid, Regime IV: r < rin. c Free energy barrier of the particle between neighboring cells Ub against d for various cell topologies. MC results are also plotted for topologies of g = 6 (blue), and 20 (yellow). The error bar indicates the standard deviation.
