Nonequilibrium fluctuations in small systems: From physics to biology

Advances in Chemical Physics

Volumn 137, Issue , 2008, Pages 31-123

  Ritort, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 39649125421     PISSN: 00652385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470238080.ch2     Document Type: Article

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