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Scientists propose creating Maxwell's demon with two quantum dots
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In a minimalistic implementation of Maxwell’s demon, two interacting quantum dots are connected to thermal reservoirs, where one dot takes the role of the demon and
Maxwell's demon demonstration turns information into energy
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Maxwell's demon was the invention of Scottish mathematician and theoretical physicist James Clerk Maxwell, who wanted to contradict the second law of ...
Could Maxwell's Demon Exist in Nanoscale Systems?
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Maxwell’s demon may be making a comeback. Physicists know that the demon, an imaginary creature that decreases the entropy of a system, cannot exist in macroscopic systems due to...
Physicists create first photonic Maxwell's demon
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(Phys.org)—Maxwell's demon, a hypothetical being that appears to violate the second law of thermodynamics, has been widely studied since it was first proposed in by …
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