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Article: Computer simulation of Feynman's ratchet and pawl system

TitleComputer simulation of Feynman's ratchet and pawl system
Authors
Zheng, JZheng, XYam, CChen, G
KeywordsMolecular Dynamics
Issue Date2010
PublisherAmerican Physical Society. The Journal's web site is located at http://pre.aps.org
Citation
Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics), 2010, v. 81 n. 6, article no. 061104 How to Cite?
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.81.061104
AbstractIn this work, we introduce two models of Feynman's ratchet and pawl system. Molecular dynamics is carried out to simulate the two designs for Feynman's ratchet and pawl systems followed by a Langevin dynamics simulation of the reduced system. We find that the ratchet will rotate as designed when the temperature of the pawl chamber is lower than that of the ratchet chamber, which is consistent with the second law of thermodynamics. Different parameters and configurations are tested, and the results show that the efficiency of the ratchet depends on the applied torque. We find further that efficiencies of the Feynman's ratchet and pawl systems depend greatly on the details of the systems. © 2010 The American Physical Society.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/91191
ISSN
1539-3755
2014 Impact Factor: 2.288
ISI Accession Number ID
WOS:000278302600001
Funding AgencyGrant Number
Hong Kong Research Grants CouncilHKU 7012/04P
HKU 7127/05E
HKU 7011/06P
HKU 7013/07P
N_HKU 764/05
University of Hong Kong
Funding Information:

This work was supported by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (Grants No. HKU 7012/04P, No. HKU 7127/05E, No. HKU 7011/06P, No. HKU 7013/07P, and No. N_HKU 764/05) and the Committee on Research and Conference Grants (CRCG) of University of Hong Kong.

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Theoretical Investigation and Computer Simulation of Carbon-Nanotube-Based Devices: Gigahertz Oscillators, Field Emitters and Tweezers
First-principles simulation of dynamic responses of molecular and nanoscopic devices
Theoretical investigation of carbon-nanotube-based nanoelectromechanical systems
Fundamental Study of Nanofluids in Nanochannels of Various Shapes

 

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dc.description.abstractIn this work, we introduce two models of Feynman's ratchet and pawl system. Molecular dynamics is carried out to simulate the two designs for Feynman's ratchet and pawl systems followed by a Langevin dynamics simulation of the reduced system. We find that the ratchet will rotate as designed when the temperature of the pawl chamber is lower than that of the ratchet chamber, which is consistent with the second law of thermodynamics. Different parameters and configurations are tested, and the results show that the efficiency of the ratchet depends on the applied torque. We find further that efficiencies of the Feynman's ratchet and pawl systems depend greatly on the details of the systems. © 2010 The American Physical Society.en_HK
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