Vector field formalism and analysis for a class of thermal ratchets

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 3063-3066

  Qian, Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0000547916     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.3063     Document Type: Article

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