Anisotropic thermalization propelled motor

DOI10.1088/1742-5468/AB4986MaRDI QIDQ5149671zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Hanqing Zhao

Publication date 12 February 2021

Published in Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.05240

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Interacting particle systems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C22) Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82C35)

Abstract: Brownian motors and Feymann ratchets have been intensively studied in the past decades due to their significance to the foundation of statistical physics. In this work we propose a new type of Brownian motor, i.e., a self-driven motor that only utilizes the temperature difference inside and outside the motor. The motor is a container with asymmetric geometry; when filling of gas, directional motion occurs if its temperature is different from the environment. The essentially new mechanism is that the asymmetric geometry of the container may induce anisotropic thermalization, which results in a density gradient and propels the motor. The directional motion ceases untill the density gradient disappears as the inside temperature approaches the environment temperature. The same mechanism is also applied to design self-driven rotators. Possible experimental realizations are discussed.

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