Original Paper

Brownian motion: a paradigm of soft matter and biological physics

  1. E. Frey1,
  2. K. Kroy2,3

Article first published online: 2 FEB 2005

DOI: 10.1002/andp.200410132

Issue

Annalen der Physik

Annalen der Physik

Special Issue: Commemorating Albert Einstein

Volume 14, Issue 1-3, pages 20–50, February 2005

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How to Cite

Frey, E. and Kroy, K. (2005), Brownian motion: a paradigm of soft matter and biological physics. Ann. Phys., 14: 20–50. doi: 10.1002/andp.200410132

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department für Physik und CeNS, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Theresienstrasse 37, 80333 München, Germany

  2. 2

    Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Leipzig, Augustusplatz 10/11, 04109 Leipzig, Germany

  3. 3

    Hahn–Meitner Institut, Glienicker Strasse 100, 14109 Berlin, Germany

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 2 FEB 2005
  2. Article first published online: 2 FEB 2005
  3. Manuscript Received: 29 NOV 2004

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Keywords:

  • Brownian motion;
  • fluctuations;
  • biological physics;
  • stochastic processes

Abstract

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 modern life sciences.

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