Affiliation:
1. ARC CoE for Engineered Quantum Systems, School of Mathematics and Physics, The University of Queensland , St. Lucia, Brisbane, 4072 Queensland, Australia
Abstract
Are concepts of heat and efficiency applicable to atom-size machines or to nanoelectronics components? Can we rebuild thermodynamics from laws of quantum mechanics?
Subject
Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Computational Theory and Mathematics,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,Computer Networks and Communications,Condensed Matter Physics,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials