Directed motion of Brownian particles with internal energy depot

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 273, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 294-314

  Tilch, Benno ^a   Schweitzer, Frank ^b   Ebeling, Werner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brownian particles; Energy conversion; Ratchet model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346336869     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(99)00247-2     Document Type: Article

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