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Information-to-free-energy conversion: Utilizing thermal fluctuations

Maxwell’s demon is a hypothetical creature that can convert information to free energy. A debate that has lasted for more than 100 years has revealed that the demon’s operation does not contradict the laws of thermodynamics; hence, the demon can be realized physically. We briefly review the first ex...

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Autores principales: Toyabe, Shoichi, Muneyuki, Eiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Biophysical Society of Japan (BSJ) 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4629685/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27493548
http://dx.doi.org/10.2142/biophysics.9.107