Affiliation:
1. The author is in the Departments of Surgery and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, MC6035, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Abstract
Nonequilibrium fluctuations, whether generated externally or by a chemical reaction far from equilibrium, can bias the Brownian motion of a particle in an anisotropic medium without thermal gradients, a net force such as gravity, or a macroscopic electric field. Fluctuation-driven transport is one mechanism by which chemical energy can directly drive the motion of particles and macromolecules and may find application in a wide variety of fields, including particle separation and the design of molecular motors and pumps.
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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