Asymmetric pores in a silicon membrane acting as massively parallel brownian ratchets

Nature

Volumn 424, Issue 6944, 2003, Pages 53-57

  Matthias, Sven ^a   Müller, Frank ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LIQUID MEMBRANES; QUANTUM OPTICS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

MESOSCOPIC PARTICLES;

SILICON;

POLYSTYRENE; SILICON;

MEMBRANE; PHYSICS;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULE; MOTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POROSITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER FLOW;

EID: 0038602881     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01736     Document Type: Article

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