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PHYSICAL REVIEW E
Volume 61, Issue 1, Pages 937-939Publisher
AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.61.937
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We argue that the recent experiments of Kelly et al. [Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 36, 1866 (1997)] on molecular ratchets, in addition to being in agreement with the second law of thermodynamics, is a test of the principle of detailed balance for the ratchet. We suggest experiments, using an asymmetric ratchet, to further test the principle. We also point out methods involving a time variation of the temperature to give it a directional motion.
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