01115nam2-2200373li-450-99000296834020331620070904134823.03-540-26210-5000296834USA01000296834(ALEPH)000296834USA0100029683420070904d2006----km-y0itay50------ba20001109d1992----km-y0itay0103----baengDE||||||||001yyModels for polymeric and ansitropic liquidsMartin KrogerBerlin [etc.]Springerc2006XIII, 229 p.ill.25 cmLecture notes in physics6750010021981Lecture notes in physics67520012001001-------2001PolimeriLiquidi anisotropi547.7KROGER,Martin18576990002968340203316530 LNP 67532321/CBS53000112795BKSCISENATORE9020070904USA011348Models for polymeric and ansitropic liquids1026537UNISA04403nam 22007935 450 991030038160332120200702125017.03-319-07079-710.1007/978-3-319-07079-7(CKB)3710000000129304(EBL)1783007(SSID)ssj0001276251(PQKBManifestationID)11711381(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001276251(PQKBWorkID)11239395(PQKB)10889614(MiAaPQ)EBC1783007(DE-He213)978-3-319-07079-7(PPN)179768077(EXLCZ)99371000000012930420140613d2014 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIrreversibility and Dissipation in Microscopic Systems /by Édgar Roldán1st ed. 2014.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2014.1 online resource (219 p.)Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,2190-5053Description based upon print version of record.1-322-13623-8 3-319-07078-9 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.Introduction -- 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.After 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.Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,2190-5053ThermodynamicsStatistical physicsDynamicsPhase transformations (Statistical physics)BiophysicsBiophysicsThermodynamicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P21050Complex Systemshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P33000Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systemshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P25099Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P27008Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systemshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P19090Thermodynamics.Statistical physics.Dynamics.Phase transformations (Statistical physics)Biophysics.Biophysics.Thermodynamics.Complex Systems.Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems.Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics.Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems.536.7Roldán Édgarauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut791850MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910300381603321Irreversibility and Dissipation in Microscopic Systems1770499UNINA