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Asymmetry in shape causing absolute negative mobility

Statistical Mechanics 2015-05-20 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

We propose a simple classical concept of nanodevices working in an absolute negative mobility (ANM) regime: The minimal spatial asymmetry required for ANM to occur is embedded in the geometry of the transported particle, rather than in the channel design. This allows for a tremendous simplification of device engineering, thus paving the way towards practical implementations of ANM. Operating conditions and performance of our model device are investigated, both numerically and analytically.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1010.1692,
  title  = {Asymmetry in shape causing absolute negative mobility},
  author = {Peter Hanggi and Fabio Marchesoni and Sergey Savel'ev and Gerhard Schmid},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.1692},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

6 pages; accepted for publication in PRE

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