Experimental demonstration of information-to-energy conversion and validation of the generalized Jarzynski equality

Nature Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 988-992

  Toyabe, Shoichi ^a   Sagawa, Takahiro ^b   Ueda, Masahito ^b,c   Muneyuki, Eiro ^a   Sano, Masaki ^b  

^a CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; FREE ENERGY;

BROWNIAN PARTICLES; EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS; FEEDBACK PROTOCOL; FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES; JARZYNSKI EQUALITY; REAL-TIME FEEDBACK; SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS; TYPE INFORMATION;

ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 78649843391     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1821     Document Type: Article

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