TY - JOUR
T1 - Adiabatic rocking ratchets
T2 - Optimum-performance regimes
AU - Sánchez Salas, N.
AU - Hernández, A. Calvo
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - We analyze work and efficiency for an adiabatic rocking ratchet working under three operating regimes: maximum efficiency, maximum work, and a third one which represents a compromise between them. For all of these regimes the application of very concrete loads and external amplitudes is found necessary in order to obtain the maximum possible values of both efficiency and work. The reported results could be valuable to design efficient Brownian motors and compare their operation under different working regimes.
AB - We analyze work and efficiency for an adiabatic rocking ratchet working under three operating regimes: maximum efficiency, maximum work, and a third one which represents a compromise between them. For all of these regimes the application of very concrete loads and external amplitudes is found necessary in order to obtain the maximum possible values of both efficiency and work. The reported results could be valuable to design efficient Brownian motors and compare their operation under different working regimes.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevE.68.046125
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevE.68.046125
M3 - Artículo
SN - 1063-651X
VL - 68
JO - Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
JF - Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
IS - 4
ER -