Asymmetric pumping of particles
- 18 April 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 72 (16), 2652-2655
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.72.2652
Abstract
Through the analysis of a simple two-level model, we show how and to what extent structures possessing vectorial symmetry act as pumps in the presence of dissipation. The relevance to new separation concepts and protein motor assemblies is discussed.Keywords
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