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Forced thermal ratchets.

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In this paper, the authors considered a Brownian particle in a periodic potential under heavy damping and showed that if the particle is subject to an external force having time correlations, detailed balance is lost and the particle can exhibit a nonzero net drift speed.
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We consider a Brownian particle in a periodic potential under heavy damping. The second law forbids it from displaying any net drift speed, even if the symmetry of the potential is broken. But if the particle is subject to an external force having time correlations, detailed balance is lost and the particle can exhibit a nonzero net drift speed. Thus, broken symmetry and time correlations are sufficient ingredients for transport.

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Directed drift and fluid pumping of nanoswimmers by periodic rectification-diffusion

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Entropy driven unidirectional motion of Brownian particle inside a three-dimensional tube

TL;DR: In this paper, a three-dimensional (3D) tube model consisting of a sequence of connected two-gate blobs for an ion channel and a micro-tube of a molecular motor was proposed.
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Slow and macroscopic modulation of thermal fluctuations in myofibrils

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On the Fundamental Equation of Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics -- Nonequilibrium Entropy Evolution Equation and the Formula for Entropy Production Rate

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a new fundamental equation of nonequilibrium statistical physics in place of the present Liouville equation, which is the stochastic velocity type's Langevin equation in 6N dimensional phase space.
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Drift of particles caused by fluctuations of their sizes

TL;DR: In this article, the particle drift in a periodic symmetric channel was investigated and the effect of the geometry of the channel and the amplitude and frequency of fluctuations on the drift velocity was studied by the Brownian dynamics method.
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Stochastic processes in physics and chemistry

TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce the Fokker-planck equation, the Langevin approach, and the diffusion type of the master equation, as well as the statistics of jump events.

Stochastic Processes in Physics and Chemistry

Abstract: Preface to the first edition. Preface to the second edition. Abbreviated references. I. Stochastic variables. II. Random events. III. Stochastic processes. IV. Markov processes. V. The master equation. VI. One-step processes. VII. Chemical reactions. VIII. The Fokker-Planck equation. IX. The Langevin approach. X. The expansion of the master equation. XI. The diffusion type. XII. First-passage problems. XIII. Unstable systems. XIV. Fluctuations in continuous systems. XV. The statistics of jump events. XVI. Stochastic differential equations. XVII. Stochastic behavior of quantum systems.
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Molecular Cell Biology

TL;DR: Molecular cell biology, Molecular cell biology , مرکز فناوری اطلاعات و اصاع رسانی, کδاوρزی
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The Fokker-Planck Equation: Methods of Solution and Applications

Hannes Risken
TL;DR: In this paper, the Fokker-Planck Equation for N Variables (FPE) was extended to N = 1 variable and N = 2 variables, where N is the number of variables in the system.