A note on solid-state Maxwell demon

DOI10.1007/S10701-011-9607-7zbMATH Open1243.82006arXiv1011.3953OpenAlexW2115232636MaRDI QIDQ427296FDOQ427296

Authors: Germano D'Abramo 

Publication date: 13 June 2012

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

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.

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

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zbMATH Keywords

second law of thermodynamics\(n\)-\(p\) junctionMaxwell demon

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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• Challenges to the second law of thermodynamics. Theory and experiment.

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