The physics of small systems: From energy to information

Authors

  • Fèlix Ritort Departament de Física de la Matèria Condensada University of Barcelona

Keywords:

Brownian motion, Nyquist noise, stochastic thermodynamics, Maxwell demon, glassy systems

Abstract

The focus of this review is the recent developments in the non-equilibrium physics of small systems. Special emphasis is placed on single-molecule experiments and their contribution to expanding our current understanding of fundamental concepts, such as temperature, energy, entropy, and information. [Contrib Sci 11(2): 137-146 (2015)]

Keywords: Brownian motion · Nyquist noise · stochastic thermodynamics · Maxwell demon · glassy systems

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Vol. 11 No. 2 (2015)

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Non-equilibrium thermodynamics

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