Atomic scale engines: Taking a turn

Acta Physica Polonica B

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 295-306

  Porto, Markus ^a   Urbakh, Michael ^b   Klafter, Joseph ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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