Colloidal heat engines: a review
Stochastic heat engines can be built using colloidal particles trapped using optical tweezers.
Here we review recent experimental realizations of microscopic heat engines. We first revisit …
Here we review recent experimental realizations of microscopic heat engines. We first revisit …
Quantum and information thermodynamics: A unifying framework based on repeated interactions
We expand the standard thermodynamic framework of a system coupled to a thermal
reservoir by considering a stream of independently prepared units repeatedly put into …
reservoir by considering a stream of independently prepared units repeatedly put into …
Neurobiology as information physics
S Street - Frontiers in systems neuroscience, 2016 - frontiersin.org
This article reviews thermodynamic relationships in the brain in an attempt to consolidate
current research in systems neuroscience. The present synthesis supports proposals that …
current research in systems neuroscience. The present synthesis supports proposals that …
Thermodynamics of modularity: Structural costs beyond the Landauer bound
Information processing typically occurs via the composition of modular units, such as the
universal logic gates found in discrete computation circuits. The benefit of modular …
universal logic gates found in discrete computation circuits. The benefit of modular …
Identifying functional thermodynamics in autonomous Maxwellian ratchets
We introduce a family of Maxwellian Demons for which correlations among information
bearing degrees of freedom can be calculated exactly and in compact analytical form. This …
bearing degrees of freedom can be calculated exactly and in compact analytical form. This …
Biochemical machines for the interconversion of mutual information and work
We propose a physically realizable information-driven device consisting of an enzyme in a
chemical bath, interacting with pairs of molecules prepared in correlated states. These …
chemical bath, interacting with pairs of molecules prepared in correlated states. These …
Mechanical autonomous stochastic heat engine
M Serra-Garcia, A Foehr, M Molerón, J Lydon… - Physical review …, 2016 - APS
Stochastic heat engines are devices that generate work from random thermal motion using a
small number of highly fluctuating degrees of freedom. Proposals for such devices have …
small number of highly fluctuating degrees of freedom. Proposals for such devices have …
Correlation-powered information engines and the thermodynamics of self-correction
Information engines can use structured environments as a resource to generate work by
randomizing ordered inputs and leveraging the increased Shannon entropy to transfer …
randomizing ordered inputs and leveraging the increased Shannon entropy to transfer …
Leveraging environmental correlations: The thermodynamics of requisite variety
Key to biological success, the requisite variety that confronts an adaptive organism is the set
of detectable, accessible, and controllable states in its environment. We analyze its role in …
of detectable, accessible, and controllable states in its environment. We analyze its role in …
Thermodynamic cost and benefit of memory
S Still - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
This Letter exposes a tight connection between the thermodynamic efficiency of information
processing and predictive inference. A generalized lower bound on dissipation is derived for …
processing and predictive inference. A generalized lower bound on dissipation is derived for …