Transport properties in disordered ratchet potentials

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 2492-2495

  Marchesoni, F ^a,b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b INFM   (Italy)

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EID: 0001753863     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.56.2492     Document Type: Article

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