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SUMMARY:Scaling down the laws of thermodynamics
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Christopher Jarzynski\, University of Maryland\nThermody
 namics provides a robust conceptual framework and set of laws that govern 
 the exchange of energy and matter.  Although these laws were originally a
 rticulated for macroscopic objects\, it is hard to deny that nanoscale sys
 tems often exhibit “thermodynamic-like” behavior – biomolecular moto
 rs convert chemical fuel into mechanical work (like car engines)\, and ind
 ividual polymer molecules exhibit hysteresis and dissipation when stretche
 d and contracted (like rubber bands).  To what extent can the macroscopic
  laws of thermodynamics be “scaled down” to apply to individual micros
 copic systems\, and what new features emerge there at the nanoscale?  I w
 ill review recent progress toward answering these questions\, with a parti
 cular focus on the second law of thermodynamics.\n 
LOCATION:CE 1 6 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==CE%201%206
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