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Twenty-five years of nanoscale thermodynamics

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How the Jarzynski equality updated the second law of thermodynamics. A paper published in 1997 brought the thermodynamics of the nineteenth century into the twenty-first century - expanding the physics of transformations involved in the operation of steam engines to the realm of molecular motors.

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hal-03838318 , version 1 (03-11-2022)

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Chase Broedersz, Pierre Ronceray. Twenty-five years of nanoscale thermodynamics. Nature, 2022, 604 (7904), pp.46-47. ⟨10.1038/d41586-022-00869-y⟩. ⟨hal-03838318⟩
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