Brownian motors

Annalen der Physik (Leipzig)

Volumn 14, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 51-70

  Hänggi, Peter ^a   Marchesoni, Fabio ^b   Nori, Franco ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^c INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brownian motion; Brownian motors; Noise induced transport; Statistical physics

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BROWNIAN MOTORS; NOISE-INDUCED TRANSPORT; PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT; STATISTICAL PHYSICS;

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT;

EID: 18744381056     PISSN: 00033804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/andp.200410121     Document Type: Article

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