Biased Brownian motion as the operating principle for microscopic engines

Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-75

  Bier, Martin ^a   Astumian, R Dean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

ATP hydrolysis; Brownian motion; Fokker Planck equations; Heat engine; Stochastic resonance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008435511     PISSN: 03024598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0302-4598(95)01833-6     Document Type: Article

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