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. 2021 Jun 29;118(26):e2108218118.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2108218118.

Tuning up Maxwell's demon

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Tuning up Maxwell's demon

Heiner Linke et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
(Left) How the position of the optical trap is adjusted upward each time the bead reaches a given threshold. As an outcome, the random motion of the bead is rectified upward. (Right) An example trajectory x(t) of the bead and the position λ(t) of the center of the trap.

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