Brownian molecular motors driven by rotation-translation coupling
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Brownian molecular motors driven by rotation-translation coupling.
We investigated three models of Brownian motors which convert rotational diffusion into directed translational motion by switching on and off a potential. In the first model a spatially asymmetric potential generates directed translational motion by rectifying rotational diffusion. It behaves much like a conventional flashing ratchet. The second model utilizes both rotational diffusion and drif...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review E
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1539-3755,1550-2376
DOI: 10.1103/physreve.74.011912