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Published December 1, 2011 | Published
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Reduced statistical fluctuations of the position of an object partitioning in two its environment

Abstract

Through hard‐disk simulations and theoretical considerations on the movement of an object that partitions a microtubule filled with small particles, we find that the vibrations typical of thermal equilibrium are reached after a time that increases exponentially with the number of particles involved. The result is a mechanism capable of breaching, on accessible time scales, the ergodic constraints in nano‐scale systems.

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© 2011 American Institute of Physics. The research leading to these results has received funding from the Italian Ministry of Research (MIUR) through the "Futuro in Ricerca" FIRB-grant PHOCOS - RBFR08E7VA. Partial funding was received through the SMARTCONFOCAL project of the Regione Lazio.

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