Brownian ratchet in a thermal bath driven by coulomb friction

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Gnoli, Andrea ^a,b   Petri, Alberto ^a   Dalton, Fergal ^a   Pontuale, Giorgio ^a   Gradenigo, Giacomo ^b   Sarracino, Alessandro ^b   Puglisi, Andrea ^b  

^a ISC CNR   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL CALCULATION; BROWNIAN MOTORS; BROWNIAN RATCHET; COULOMB FRICTIONS; GRANULAR EFFECTS; NONEQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; RATCHET MECHANISMS; SOLID ON SOLIDS;

FRICTION;

WHEELS;

EID: 84875258399     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.120601     Document Type: Article

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