Brownian motion in confined geometries
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Brownian motion in confined geometries.
In a great number of technologically and biologically relevant cases, transport of micro- or nanosized objects is governed by both omnipresent thermal fluctuations and confining walls or constrictions limiting the available phase space. The present Topical Issue covers the most recent applications and theoretical findings devoted to studies of Brownian motion under confinement of channel-like g...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The European Physical Journal Special Topics
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1951-6355,1951-6401
DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2014-02316-6