We investigated the curvature effect on the dynamics of long DNA using microfluidic devices. Long DNA has larger configurational entropy in a curved channel than in a straight channel. Under weak hydrodynamic flows, long DNA exhibited a curvature entropy trapping effect. The effect disappeared as the hydrodynamic flow was increased.
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