General mechanism for inchworm nanoscale track walkers: Analytical theory and realistic simulation

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 126, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Li, Dan ^b   Fan, Dagong ^b   Wang, Zhisong ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; WALKING AIDS;

ENERGY FLOW; ENERGY-DIAGRAM ANALYSIS; NANOMOTORS; NANOSCALE TRACK WALKERS;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 34547342757     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2746236     Document Type: Article

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