RT Journal Article
T1 Efficiency of Brownian motors
A1 Rodríguez Parrondo, Juan Manuel
A1 Blanco, J. M.
A1 Cao García, Francisco Javier
A1 Brito, Ricardo
AB The efficiency of different types of Brownian motors is calculated analytically and numerically. We find that motors based on flashing ratchets present a,low efficiency and an unavoidable entropy production. On the other hand, a certain class of motors based on adiabatically changing potentials, named reversible ratchets, exhibit a higher efficiency and the entropy production can be arbitrarily reduced.
PB E D P Sciences
SN 0295-5075
YR 1998
FD 1998-08-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58505
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58505
LA eng
NO ©EDP Sciences. This work has been financially supported by Dirección General de Investigación Científica y Técnica (DGICYT) (Spain) Project No. PB94-0265. JMB and FJC acknowledge financial support from the program Becas de Colaboración of the Ministerio de Educación (Spain).
NO Dirección General de Investigación Científica y Técnica (DGICYT) (España)
NO Becas de Colaboración- Ministerio de Educación (España)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 6 abr 2025