In systems possessing spatial or dynamical symmetry breaking, Brownian motion combined
with unbiased external input signals, deterministic and random alike, can assist directed …

Due to its manufacturing and size tailoring ease, porous anodic alumina (PAA) templates
are an elegant physical-chemical nanopatterning approach and an emergent alternative to …

A superconducting diode is an electronic device that conducts supercurrent and exhibits
zero resistance primarily for one direction of applied current. Such a dissipationless diode is …

Supercurrent diodes are nonreciprocal electronic elements whose switching current
depends on their flow direction. Recently, a variety of composite systems combining different …

A single particle confined in an asymmetric potential demonstrates an anticipated ratchet
effect by drifting along the 'easy'ratchet direction when subjected to non-equilibrium …

The theoretical and experimental results concerning the thermodynamical and low-
frequency transport properties of hybrid structures, consisting of spatially separated …

This review is dedicated to summarizing the recent research on vortex dynamics and
pinning effects in superconducting films with artificial magnetic structures. The fabrication of …

Initially inspired by biological motors, new types of nanodevice have been proposed for
controlling the motion of nanoparticles. Structures incorporating spatially asymmetric …

Using computer simulations, we demonstrate that the simplest vortex ratchet system for type-
II superconductors with artificial pinning arrays, a simple asymmetric potential array, exhibits …

The guided and rectified motion of magnetic flux quanta are important effects governing the
magnetoresistive response of nanostructured superconductors. While at low ac frequencies …