Scaling Down the Laws of Thermodynamics by Christopher Jarzynski
International Centre for Theoretical Sciences via YouTube
Overview
Syllabus
Scaling down the laws of thermodynamics
Macroscopic and microscopic machines
New features of thermodynamics at the nanoscale
Macro- and nanoscale thermodynamic processes
Fluctuations in satisfy unexpected laws.
Unfolding & refolding of ribosomal RNA
Quantum nonequilibrium work relation e-BW = -BAF
Further experimental verification
Implications for the Second Law
Guessing the direction of the arrow of time
Feedback control
Maxwell's demon
Second Law of Thermodynamics
Strong system-environment coupling
Summary
Q&A
Taught by
International Centre for Theoretical Sciences