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cond-mat.stat-mech2004
Noiseless limit of a ferrofluid ratchet
Volker Becker, Andreas Engel
The noiseless limit of a thermal ratchet device using ferrofluids is studied in detail. Contrary to previous claims it is proved that no directed transport can occur in this model…
cond-mat.stat-mech2004
Thermal ratchet effects in ferrofluids
Andreas Engel, Peter Reimann
Rotational Brownian motion of colloidal magnetic particles in ferrofluids under the influence of an oscillating external magnetic field is investigated. It is shown that for a suit…