Stochastic Energetics

• Main Author: Sekimoto, Ken (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 799
• Subjects: Physics.; Chemistry, Physical and theoretical.; Thermodynamics.; Semiconductors.; Biophysics.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Single Molecule Studies, Molecular Motors.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Theoretical and Computational Chemistry.

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 individua...

Table of Contents:

• Background of the energetics of stochastic processes
• Physics of Langevin Equation
• Structure of Macroscopic Thermodynamics
• Fluctuations in Chemical Reactions
• Basics of Stochastic Energetics
• Concept of Heat on Mesoscopic Scales
• Work on the Mesoscopic Systems
• Heat Viewed at Different Scales
• Applications of Stochastic Energetics
• Control and Energetics
• Free-Energy Transducers.