no code implementations • 17 Mar 2023 • Olga Movilla Miangolarra, Amirhossein Taghvaei, Tryphon T. Georgiou
Gradients in temperature and particle concentration fuel many processes in the physical and biological world.
no code implementations • 23 Mar 2022 • Olga Movilla Miangolarra, Amirhossein Taghvaei, Yongxin Chen, Tryphon T. Georgiou
In contrast to the classical concept of a Carnot engine that alternates contact between heat baths of different temperatures, naturally occurring processes usually harvest energy from anisotropy, being exposed simultaneously to chemical and thermal fluctuations of different intensities.