On the Feynman Ratchet and the Brownian Motor - Open Journal of Biophysics

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Open Journal of Biophysics

Volume 8, Issue 1 (January 2018)

ISSN Print: 2164-5388 ISSN Online: 2164-5396

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On the Feynman Ratchet and the Brownian Motor ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ojbiphy.2018.81003 1,216 Downloads 3,066 Views Citations

Author(s)

Gyula Vincze¹, Gyula Peter Szigeti², Andras Szasz¹

Affiliation(s)

¹Department of Biotechnics, St. Istvan University, Budapest, Hungary.
²Institute of Human Physiology and Clinical Experimental Research, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.

ABSTRACT

We study the Brownian ratchet conditions starting with Feynman’s proposal. We show that this proposal is incomplete, and is in fact non-workable. We give the correct model for this ratchet.

KEYWORDS

Brownian Motor, Feynman Ratchet, Self-Sustaining Oscillation

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Vincze, G. , Szigeti, G. and Szasz, A. (2018) On the Feynman Ratchet and the Brownian Motor. Open Journal of Biophysics, 8, 22-30. doi: 10.4236/ojbiphy.2018.81003.

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