A note on solid-state Maxwell demon

DOI10.1007/S10701-011-9607-7MaRDI QIDQ427296zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Germano D'Abramo

Publication date 13 June 2012

Published in Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1011.3953

zbMATH Keywords

\(n\)-\(p\) junctionMaxwell demonsecond law of thermodynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations of thermodynamics and heat transfer (80A05) Foundations of equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B03)

Abstract: Starting from 2002, at least two kinds of laboratory-testable, solid-state Maxwell demons have been proposed that utilize the electric field energy of an open-gap n-p junction and that seem to challenge the validity of the Second Law of Thermodynamics. In the present paper we present some arguments against the alleged functioning of such devices.

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