Realization of a micrometre-sized stochastic heat engine

Nature Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 143-146

  Blickle, Valentin ^a,b   Bechinger, Clemens ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

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EID: 84856589742     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2163     Document Type: Article

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