Electron ratchets: State of the field and future challenges

Ratcheting quasi-ballistic electrons in silicon geometric diodes at room temperature

(2020) James P. Custer et al.   SCIENCE

Colossal mid-infrared bulk photovoltaic effect in a type-I Weyl semimetal

(2019) Gavin B. Osterhoudt et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Cooperative Transport in a Multi-Particle, Multi-Dimensional Flashing Ratchet

(2019) Ofer Kedem et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Empirical Mappings of the Frequency Response of an Electron Ratchet to the Characteristics of the Polymer Transport Layer

(2019) Mohamad S. Kodaimati et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Structural basis for power stroke vs. Brownian ratchet mechanisms of motor proteins

(2019) Wonmuk Hwang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Light-Induced Currents at Domain Walls in Multiferroic BiFeO3

(2019) Burak Guzelturk et al.   NANO LETTERS

Analytical optimization of intermediate band systems: Achieving the best of two worlds

(2018) Daniel Suchet et al.   PROGRESS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS

n-Type Ionic–Organic Electronic Ratchets for Energy Harvesting

(2018) Kenneth Liao et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Solution-Processed Ion-Free Organic Ratchets with Asymmetric Contacts

(2018) Jianfei Huang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Nonequilibrium Energetics of Molecular Motor Kinesin

(2018) Takayuki Ariga et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Maxwell’s Demon—A Historical Review

(2017) Andrew Rex   Entropy

Recent Progresses in Mid Infrared Nanocrystal Optoelectronics

(2017) Emmanuel Lhuillier et al.   IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS

How To Drive a Flashing Electron Ratchet To Maximize Current

(2017) Ofer Kedem et al.   NANO LETTERS

Light-responsive organic flashing electron ratchet

(2017) Ofer Kedem et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Power generator driven by Maxwell’s demon

(2017) Kensaku Chida et al.   Nature Communications

A Silicon Ratchet to Produce Power from Below-Bandgap Photons

(2017) Bryan Lau et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

An introduction to ratchets in chemistry and biology

(2017) Bryan Lau et al.   Materials Horizons

The enhancement of current and efficiency in feedback coupled Brownian ratchets

(2016) Tian-fu Gao et al.   JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS-THEORY AND EXPERIMENT

How molecular motors extract order from chaos (a key issues review)

(2016) Peter M Hoffmann   REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS

Quantum Cascade Photon Ratchets for Intermediate-Band Solar Cells

(2016) Oliver J. Curtin et al.   IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Fabricating Low-Cost Ionic-Organic Electronic Ratchets with Graphite Pencil and Adhesive Tape

(2016) Viktor V. Brus et al.   Advanced Electronic Materials

Rectifying Electrical Noise with an Ionic-Organic Ratchet

(2015) Oleksandr V. Mikhnenko et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Irrelevance of the Power Stroke for the Directionality, Stopping Force, and Optimal Efficiency of Chemically Driven Molecular Machines

(2015) R. Dean Astumian   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Structural parameter dependence of directed current generation in GaAs nanowire-based electron Brownian ratchet devices

(2015) Yushi Abe et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Stochastic ratcheting of two-dimensional colloids: Directed current and dynamical transitions

(2015) Dipanjan Chakraborty et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Quantum parameter space of dissipative directed transport

(2015) Leonardo Ermann et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Quantum-classical transition and quantum activation of ratchet currents in the parameter space

(2015) M. W. Beims et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Intermediate band solar cells: Recent progress and future directions

(2015) Y. Okada et al.   Applied Physics Reviews

Optimal protocol for a collective flashing ratchet

(2014) F. Roca et al.   EPL

Magnetic quantum ratchet effect in Si-MOSFETs

(2014) S D Ganichev et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER

Tunable transport with broken space–time symmetries

(2014) Sergey Denisov et al.   PHYSICS REPORTS-REVIEW SECTION OF PHYSICS LETTERS

Stable structures in parameter space and optimal ratchet transport

(2013) A. Celestino et al.   Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation

GaAs-Based Nanowire Devices with Multiple Asymmetric Gates for Electrical Brownian Ratchets

(2013) Takayuki Tanaka et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Magnetic quantum ratchet effect in graphene

(2013) C. Drexler et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Parameter Space Compression Underlies Emergent Theories and Predictive Models

(2013) B. B. Machta et al.   SCIENCE

Role of domain walls in the abnormal photovoltaic effect in BiFeO3

(2013) Akash Bhatnagar et al.   Nature Communications

Shift registers based on magnetic domain wall ratchets with perpendicular anisotropy

(2012) J. H. Franken et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Scaling of characteristic frequencies of organic electronic ratchets

(2012) Erik M. Roeling et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Efficiency of Isothermal Molecular Machines at Maximum Power

(2012) Christian Van den Broeck et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

The performance of organic electronic ratchets

(2012) Erik M. Roeling et al.   AIP Advances

Demonstration of ZnTe$_{1-x}$O$_{x}$ Intermediate Band Solar Cell

(2011) Tooru Tanaka et al.   JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Microwave based nanogenerator using the ratchet effect in Si/SiGe heterostructures

(2011) I Bisotto et al.   NANOTECHNOLOGY

Engineering the Electronic Band Structure for Multiband Solar Cells

(2011) N. López et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Efficient Photovoltaic Current Generation at Ferroelectric Domain Walls

(2011) Jan Seidel et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Ratchet Transport and Periodic Structures in Parameter Space

(2011) A. Celestino et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Thermodynamic efficiency and mechanochemical coupling of F1-ATPase

(2011) S. Toyabe et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Organic electronic ratchets doing work

(2010) Erik M. Roeling et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Above-bandgap voltages from ferroelectric photovoltaic devices

(2010) S. Y. Yang et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Experimental Spin Ratchet

(2010) M. V. Costache et al.   SCIENCE

Escape dynamics of a few electrons in a single-electron ratchet using silicon nanowire metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor

(2008) Satoru Miyamoto et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Nanoampere charge pump by single-electron ratchet using silicon nanowire metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor

(2008) Akira Fujiwara et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Experimental investigation of the ratchet effect in a two-dimensional electron system with broken spatial inversion symmetry

(2008) S. Sassine et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Single-parameter nonadiabatic quantized charge pumping

(2008) B. Kaestner et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Ratchet transport of interacting particles

(2008) A. D. Chepelianskii et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E