This book presents the experimental development of an
information-powered engine inspired by the famous thought experiment,
Maxwell’s demon, to understand its potential to produce energy for
practical purposes. The development of an engine based on Maxwell’s
demon was for a long time inconceivable, but
technological advances have led to novel investigations into
theoretical and practical applications. The built information engine
consists of a micron-sized glass bead trapped in a tightly focused
laser beam. It rectifies the bead's Brownian motion by controlling the
laser's position and generates a unidirectional motion against gravity
without doing any work, thus converting thermal heat into stored
gravitational potential energy. A theoretical model based on a
spring-mass system describes the engine's dynamics and was then used
to find optimum parameters to improve the engine's
performance. Experimentally implementing these optimization
strategies led to engine output powers comparable to those measured in
biological motors. This book also highlights performance
improvements made in the presence of measurement noise and presents
important guiding principles to design information engines to operate
in non-equilibrium environments. By focusing on practical
applications, the book overall aims to broaden the scope
of information-engine investigations.
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ISBN
9783031491214
Publisert
2024
Utgiver
Vendor
Springer
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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