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Project

Irreversibility and efficiency in small-scale systems.

In contrast to the basic microscopic laws in physics, which are symmetric on time reversal, most macrocopic phenomena are characterized by irreversible behavior. Recently exact expressions for the entropy production and thermodynamical efficiency were proposed. Within this project we want to investigate how these results can be applied to small-scale systems like two-dimensional quantum dots, classical Coulomb clusters, photoelectric and electro-chemical devices.The main goal of this project is to propose experimental systems and to determine with computer simulations the conditions under which the effects of irreversibility and efficiency in small-scale systems can be observed experimentally.
Date:1 Jan 2011 →  31 Dec 2014
Keywords:LOW DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES
Disciplines:Applied mathematics in specific fields, Astronomy and space sciences, Classical physics, Materials physics, Mathematical physics, Quantum physics
Project type:Collaboration project