Experiments in stochastic thermodynamics: Short history and perspectives

S Ciliberto - Physical Review X, 2017 - APS
We summarize in this article the experiments which have been performed to test the
theoretical findings in stochastic thermodynamics such as fluctuation theorem, Jarzynski …

Stochastic thermodynamics, fluctuation theorems and molecular machines

U Seifert - Reports on progress in physics, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Stochastic thermodynamics as reviewed here systematically provides a framework for
extending the notions of classical thermodynamics such as work, heat and entropy …

Universal trade-off relation between power and efficiency for heat engines

N Shiraishi, K Saito, H Tasaki - Physical review letters, 2016 - APS
For a general thermodynamic system described as a Markov process, we prove a general
lower bound for dissipation in terms of the square of the heat current, thus establishing that …

Synthetic molecular motors and mechanical machines

ER Kay, DA Leigh, F Zerbetto - … Chemie International Edition, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The widespread use of controlled molecular‐level motion in key natural processes suggests
that great rewards could come from bridging the gap between the present generation of …

Artificial Brownian motors: Controlling transport on the nanoscale

P Hänggi, F Marchesoni - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2009 - APS
In systems possessing spatial or dynamical symmetry breaking, Brownian motion combined
with unbiased external input signals, deterministic and random alike, can assist directed …

Swimming bacteria power microscopic gears

A Sokolov, MM Apodaca… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Whereas the laws of thermodynamics prohibit extraction of useful work from the Brownian
motion of particles in equilibrium, these motions can be “rectified” under nonequilibrium …

Efficiency at maximum power: An analytically solvable model for stochastic heat engines

T Schmiedl, U Seifert - Europhysics letters, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
We study a class of cyclic Brownian heat engines in the framework of finite-time
thermodynamics. For infinitely long cycle times, the engine works at the Carnot efficiency …

Multiparticle collision dynamics: Simulation of complex systems on mesoscales

R Kapral - Advances in Chemical Physics, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
V. Hydrodynamic Equations A. Simulation of Hydrodynamic Flows VI. Reactive MPC
Dynamics VII. Hybrid MPC–MD Dynamics VIII. Simulating Real Systems with MPC Dynamics …

Chemically powered nanodimers

G Rückner, R Kapral - Physical review letters, 2007 - APS
Self-propelled motion of a chemically powered nanodimer is discussed. The nanodimer
comprises two linked spheres, one of which has equal interactions with A and B solvent …

Heat flux and entropy produced by thermal fluctuations

S Ciliberto, A Imparato, A Naert, M Tanase - Physical review letters, 2013 - APS
We report an experimental and theoretical analysis of the energy exchanged between two
conductors kept at different temperature and coupled by the electric thermal noise …