J Phys Condens Matter. 2005 Nov 30;17(47):S3673-84. doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/17/47/002. Epub 2005 Nov 04.
Journal of physics. Condensed matter : an Institute of Physics journal
P Meurs, C Van den Broeck
PMID: 21690716 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/17/47/002
Recently, a thermal Brownian motor was introduced (Van den Broeck et al 2004 Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 090601), for which an exact microscopic analysis is possible. The purpose of this paper is to review some further properties of this construction, and to discuss in particular specific issues including the relation with macroscopic response and the efficiency at maximum power.