Overview
- This is the first introductory monograph on this emerging topic by one of the pioneers in the field
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 799)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Background of the Energetics of Stochastic Processes
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Background of the energetics of stochastic processes
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Basics of Stochastic Energetics
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Applications of Stochastic Energetics
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About this book
Stochastic Energetics by now commonly designates the emerging field that bridges the gap between stochastic dynamical processes and thermodynamics.
Triggered by the vast improvements in spatio-temporal resolution in nanotechnology, stochastic energetics develops a framework for quantifying individual realizations of a stochastic process on the mesoscopic scale of thermal fluctuations.
This is needed to answer such novel questions as:
Can one cool a drop of water by agitating an immersed nano-particle?
How does heat flow if a Brownian particle pulls a polymer chain?
Can one measure the free-energy of a system through a single realization of the associated stochastic process?
This book will take the reader gradually from the basics to the applications: Part I provides the necessary background from stochastic dynamics (Langevin, master equation), Part II introduces how stochastic energetics describes such basic notions as heat and work on the mesoscopic scale, Part III details several applications, such as control and detection processes, as well as free-energy transducers.
It aims in particular at researchers and graduate students working in the fields of nanoscience and technology.
Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Stochastic Energetics
Authors: Ken Sekimoto
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05411-2
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-05410-5Published: 28 February 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-26268-5Published: 04 May 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-05411-2Published: 10 March 2010
Series ISSN: 0075-8450
Series E-ISSN: 1616-6361
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 322
Topics: Semiconductors, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Complex Systems, Thermodynamics, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems