title: Colloids as model systems for problems in statistical physics.
abstract: Owing to their mesoscopic length scales, colloidal suspensions provide ideal model systems suitable for addressing many problems in the field of statistical physics. Exemplarily, we highlight the versatile nature of such systems by discussing experiments with stochastic resonance and a practical realization of a recently proposed ratchet cellular automaton.
authors.affiliation: 2. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70550 Stuttgart, Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Babic
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schmitt
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bechinger
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003102:Colloids / Q000737:chemistry*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003201:Computers; D015233:Models, Statistical; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D010825:Physics / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software; D055672:Static Electricity; D013269:Stochastic Processes; D013597:Systems Analysis; D013598:Systems Theory; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids