Information-to-free-energy conversion: Utilizing thermal fluctuations
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Information-to-free-energy conversion: Utilizing thermal fluctuations
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عنوان ژورنال: BIOPHYSICS
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1349-2942
DOI: 10.2142/biophysics.9.107