Nature Communications (May 2017)

Power generator driven by Maxwell’s demon

  • Kensaku Chida,
  • Samarth Desai,
  • Katsuhiko Nishiguchi,
  • Akira Fujiwara

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15301
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The study of Maxwell's demon provides a link between information thermodynamics and modern electronics. Using integrated nanometer-scale transistors in a single electron box configuration, Chidaet al., demonstrate the extraction of electrical power by Maxwell’s demon.