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OverviewAfter an insightful introductory part on recent developments in the thermodynamics of small systems, the author presents his contribution to a long-standing problem, namely the connection between irreversibility and dissipation. He develops a method based on recent results on fluctuation theorems that is able to estimate dissipation using only information acquired in a single, sufficiently long, trajectory of a stationary nonequilibrium process. This part ends with a remarkable application of the method to the analysis of biological data, in this case, the fluctuations of a hair bundle. The third part studies the energetics of systems that undergo symmetry breaking transitions. These theoretical ideas lead to, among other things, an experimental realization of a Szilard engine using manipulated colloids. This work has the potential for important applications ranging from the analysis of biological media to the design of novel artificial nano-machines. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Édgar RoldánPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG Edition: 2014 ed. Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 4.794kg ISBN: 9783319070780ISBN 10: 3319070789 Pages: 211 Publication Date: 01 July 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Small-scale thermodynamics.- Irreversibility and dissipation.- Dissipation and kullback-leibler divergence.- Estimating the kullback-leibler divergence.- A case study: the flashing ratchet.- Application to biology: the ear hair bundle.- Experimental tests and applications of stochastic Thermodynamics.- Energetics of symmetry breaking.- Effective heating with random forces.- Conclusions.- Conclusions and outlook.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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