Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I Historical overview and early developments
- Part II Theoretical foundations
- 4 Classical ratchets
- 5 Quantum ratchets
- 6 Energetics and characterization
- Part III Experimental realizations of ratchet devices
- Appendix A Stochastic processes techniques
- Appendix B Symmetries in a 1D overdamped system
- Appendix C Floquet theory
- Index
6 - Energetics and characterization
from Part II - Theoretical foundations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 January 2016
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I Historical overview and early developments
- Part II Theoretical foundations
- 4 Classical ratchets
- 5 Quantum ratchets
- 6 Energetics and characterization
- Part III Experimental realizations of ratchet devices
- Appendix A Stochastic processes techniques
- Appendix B Symmetries in a 1D overdamped system
- Appendix C Floquet theory
- Index
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- Brownian RatchetsFrom Statistical Physics to Bio and Nano-motors, pp. 97 - 104Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016