The three kinds of brownian motion

Abstract

In addition to the Brownian motion of a small particle in the air and the Brownian motion of a resonator, a third and new kind is proposed; it is referred to as the "coherent Brownian motion" and represents the permanent in-phase Brownian motions of an array of nanoresonators. From a theoretical point of view, the possibility of achieving that is addressed, and from a practical point of view, it is shown that the coherent Brownian motion is within current technology reach. An application in energy harvesting devices is considered.