Controlled multiple reversals of a ratchet effect

Nature

Volumn 440, Issue 7084, 2006, Pages 651-654

  De Souza Silva, Clécio C ^a,b   Van De Vondel, Joris ^a   Morelle, Mathieu ^a   Moshchalkov, Victor V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

INTER-PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; RATCHET EFFECT; VORTEX DENSITY;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES;

MEMBRANE; PARTICLE SIZE; VORTEX;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOPARTICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATCHET EFFECT; SUPERCONDUCTOR; VORTEX MOTION;

EID: 33645457159     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04595     Document Type: Article

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