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Has Anybody Ever Tried to Build a Build an Brownian Ratchet? |
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| Jan28-13, 10:50 PM | #1 |
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Has Anybody Ever Tried to Build a Build an Brownian Ratchet?
I understand that it wouldn't work. But I'm curious with the development of nano technology, has anybody ever constructed a real life brownian ratchet to visually verify Richard Feynman's analysis?
On a scale of 1 to 10, actually being able to see the failure would be pretty cool... |
| Jan29-13, 02:25 AM | #2 |
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Yes, molecular ratchets have been studied alot. Here's one of the first realisations:
http://www.google.de/url?sa=t&rct=j&...yR1qRiAG9OSe7Q |
| Jan29-13, 10:15 AM | #3 |
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Interesting, thanks!
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