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The original FK model is based on a symmetric on-site potential. However, if the system symmetry is broken in some way, then novel effects associated with so-called ratchet dynamics appear.
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Braun, O.M., Kivshar, Y.S. (2004). Ratchets. In: The Frenkel-Kontorova Model. Texts and Monographs in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10331-9_9
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