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Thermodynamics of Isothermal Brownian Motors

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  1. Dep. Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad Complutense, 28040, Madrid, Spain

    Juan M.R. Parrondo & Borja Jiménez de Cisneros

  2. Dep. Física Aplicada I, Universidad Complutense, 28040, Madrid, Spain

    Ricardo Brito

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    Jan A. Freund

  2. Charité, Institut für Biochemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Monbijoustrasse 2, 10117, Berlin, Germany

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Parrondo, J.M., de Cisneros, B.J., Brito, R. (2000). Thermodynamics of Isothermal Brownian Motors. In: Freund, J.A., Pöschel, T. (eds) Stochastic Processes in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 557. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45396-2_4

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