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Molecular and macromolecular systems in contact with fluctuating environments close to equilibrium present several interesting transport features. We will focus on simple systems constituted of particles in periodic non-symmetric potentials under the influence of non-equilibrium noise. The resulting ratchet or motor motion is manifested through nonzero persistent particle currents. These model systems are not dissimilar to motor proteins executing directed motion on cytoskeletal filaments.
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Tsironis, G.P. (2000). Noise in Molecular Systems. In: Christiansen, P.L., Sørensen, M.P., Scott, A.C. (eds) Nonlinear Science at the Dawn of the 21st Century. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 542. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46629-0_18
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