Microscopic models of Brownian ratchets

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5114, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-7

  Van den Broeck, C ^a   Kawai, R ^b   Meurs, P ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Brownian motors; Hard disk molecular dynamics; Maxwell demons; Nonequilibrium

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BROWNIAN MOTORS; BROWNIAN RATCHETS; MAXWELL DEMONS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0041322814     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.488564     Document Type: Conference Paper

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