We analyze transport through conical channels that is driven by the difference in particle concentrations on the two sides of the membrane. Because of the detailed balance, fluxes of noninteracting particles through the same channel, inserted into the membrane in two opposite orientations, are equal. We show that this flux symmetry is broken by particle-particle interactions so that one of the orientations can be much more efficient for transport under the same external conditions. The results are obtained analytically using a one-dimensional diffusion model and confirmed by three-dimensional Brownian dynamics simulations.
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