Biased transportations in a spatially asymmetric system at the nano-scale under thermal noise

Science China: Physics, Mechanics and Astronomy

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1565-1567

  Wan, Rongzheng ^a   Fang, Haiping ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

nano scale; ratchet effect; thermal noise

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC SYSTEM; LONG-TIME CORRELATIONS; MACRO SCALE; NANO SCALE; RATCHET EFFECT; RATCHET EFFECTS; SIMPLE MODEL; SPATIAL INVERSION SYMMETRY;

THERMAL NOISE;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 77955513934     PISSN: 16747348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11433-010-4044-8     Document Type: Article

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