Abstract
We propose a new model of transport of Brownian particles by deterministic modulation of the ratchet potential. Such a mechanism results in a directed uniform drift of Brownian particles rather than in their diffusion.
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Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 87–91, January, 1999.
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Malakhov, A.N. New mechanism of Brownian transport. Radiophys Quantum Electron 42, 76–79 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02677643
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02677643