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Dielectrophoretic ratchets

Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 1998
We have experimentally applied some concepts of “force-free” motion to micron size particles (latex beads). The coupling of dissipation and local spatial asymmetry of the potential experienced by the beads can put them into motion. The potentials used in these experiments are of dielectrophoretic nature.
Gorre-Talini, L.   +2 more
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The Leverage Ratchet Effect [PDF]

open access: possibleSSRN Electronic Journal, 2013
ABSTRACTFirms’ inability to commit to future funding choices has profound consequences for capital structure dynamics. With debt in place, shareholders pervasively resist leverage reductions no matter how much such reductions may enhance firm value. Shareholders would instead choose to increase leverage even if the new debt is junior and would reduce ...
Anat R. Admati   +3 more
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Supersymmetric Ratchets

Physical Review Letters, 2001
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Symmetry of deterministic ratchets

Physical Review E, 2019
We consider the overdamped motion of a Brownian particle in an unbiased force field described by a periodic function of coordinate and time. A compact analytical representation has been obtained for the average particle velocity as a series in the inverse friction coefficient, from which follows a simple and clear proof of hidden symmetries of ratchets,
V. M. Rozenbaum   +3 more
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Feynman's Ratchet and Pawl

Journal of Statistical Physics, 1998
While many papers in the last few years have dealt with various equations euphemistically called “ratchets,” the original Feyman two-temperature setup has been left largely unchallenged. We present here a look at the details of how this famous engine actually generates motion from a temperature difference.
Magnasco, Marcelo O.   +1 more
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Experimental Tunneling Ratchets

Science, 1999
Adiabatically rocked electron ratchets, defined by quantum confinement in semiconductor heterostructures, were experimentally studied in a regime where tunneling contributed to the particle flow. The rocking-induced electron flow reverses direction as a function of temperature.
, Linke   +6 more
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