02513oam 2200505 450 991048414260332120230419222255.03-030-64957-110.1007/978-3-030-64957-9(CKB)4100000011747013(DE-He213)978-3-030-64957-9(MiAaPQ)EBC6469871(PPN)253859182(EXLCZ)99410000001174701320210629d2021 uy 0engurnn#008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPrinciples of brownian and molecular motors /José Antonio Fornés1st ed. 2021.Cham, Switzerland :Springer,[2021]©20211 online resource (XII, 194 p. 137 illus., 57 illus. in color.)Springer Series in Biophysics ;Volume 213-030-64956-3 Brownian Ratchets and Molecular Motors -- The Fokker-Planck equation -- Biased Brownian Motion -- The Smoluchowski model -- Rotation of a dipole -- Ratchet dimer Brownian motor with Hydrodynamic interactions -- Fluctuations of the proton electromotive force across inner mitochondrial membrane -- Quantum Ratchets.Molecular motors convert chemical energy (typically from ATP hydrolysis) to directed motion and mechanical work. Biomolecular motors are proteins able of converting chemical energy into mechanical motion and force. Because of their dimension, the many small parts that make up molecular motors must operate at energies only a few times greater than those of the thermal baths. The description of molecular motors must be stochastic in nature. Their actions are often described in terms of Brownian Ratchets mechanisms. In order to describe the principles used in their movement, we need to use the tools that theoretical physics give us. In this book we centralize on the some physical mechanisms of molecular motors.Springer series in biophysics ;Volume 21.Brownian motorsMolecular machineryBiophysicsBrownian motors.Molecular machinery.Biophysics.621.381Fornés José Antonio909698MiAaPQMiAaPQUtOrBLWBOOK9910484142603321Principles of brownian and molecular motors3084881UNINA