Entropic Stochastic Resonance
  We present a novel scheme for the appearance of Stochastic Resonance when the dynamics of a Brownian particle takes place in a confined medium. The presence of uneven boundaries, giving rise to an entropic contribution to the potential, may upon application of a periodic driving force result in an increase of the spectral amplification at an optimum value of the ambient noise level. This Entropic Stochastic Resonance (ESR), characteristic of small-scale systems, may constitute a useful mechanism for the manipulation and control of single-molecules and nano-devices. 
P.S. Burada, G. Schmid, D. Reguera, M.H. Vainstein, J.M. Rubi, and P.   Hanggi