https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2014-02316-6
Editorial
Brownian motion in confined geometries
1 Program in Physical Biology, NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0924, USA
2 Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Newtonstraße 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
3 Institut für Physik, Universität Augsburg, Universitätsstraße 1, 86159 Augsburg, Germany
a e-mail: bezrukos@mail.nih.gov
b e-mail: alsg@physik.hu-berlin.de
c e-mail: Gerhard.Schmid@physik.uni-augsburg.de
Received: 24 October 2014
Revised: 5 November 2014
Published online: 15 December 2014
In a great number of technologically and biologically relevant cases, transport of micro- or nanosized objects is governed by both omnipresent thermal fluctuations and confining walls or constrictions limiting the available phase space. The present Topical Issue covers the most recent applications and theoretical findings devoted to studies of Brownian motion under confinement of channel-like geometries.
© EDP Sciences, Springer-Verlag, 2014
