Brownian motion: a paradigm of soft matter and biological physics

被引:185
作者
Frey, E
Kroy, K
机构
[1] Univ Munich, Dept Phys, D-80333 Munich, Germany
[2] Univ Munich, CeNS, D-80333 Munich, Germany
[3] Univ Leipzig, Inst Theoret Phys, D-04109 Leipzig, Germany
[4] Hahn Meitner Inst Berlin GmbH, D-14109 Berlin, Germany
关键词
Brownian motion; fluctuations; biological physics; stochastic processes;
D O I
10.1002/andp.200410132
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
This is a pedagogical introduction to Brownian motion on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Einstein's 1905 paper on the subject. After briefly reviewing Einstein's work in a contemporary context, we pursue several lines of further developments and applications to soft condensed matter and biology. Over the last century Brownian motion has been promoted from an odd curiosity of marginal scientific interest to a guiding theme pervading all of the modem life sciences. (C) 2005 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
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