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Part I Fluctuation Relations |
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1 Fluctuation Relations: A Pedagogical Overview |
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3 | (54) |
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3 | (2) |
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1.2 Entropy and the Second Law |
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5 | (3) |
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8 | (5) |
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8 | (1) |
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1.3.2 Kramers-Moyal and Fokker-Planck Equations |
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1.3.3 Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Process |
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11 | (2) |
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1.4 Entropy Generation and Stochastic Irreversibility |
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13 | (8) |
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1.4.1 Reversibility of a Stochastic Trajectory |
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13 | (8) |
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1.5 Entropy Production in the Overdamped Limit |
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21 | (4) |
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1.6 Entropy, Stationarity, and Detailed Balance |
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25 | (2) |
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1.7 A General Fluctuation Theorem |
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27 | (10) |
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30 | (1) |
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1.7.1.1 The Crooks Work Relation and Jarzynski Equality |
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31 | (3) |
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1.7.2 Fluctuation Relations for Mechanical Work |
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34 | (2) |
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1.7.3 Fluctuation Theorems for Entropy Production |
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36 | (1) |
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37 | (4) |
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1.8.1 Asymptotic Fluctuation Theorems |
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37 | (2) |
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1.8.2 Generalizations and Consideration of Alternative Dynamics |
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39 | (2) |
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1.9 Fluctuation Relations for Reversible Deterministic Systems |
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41 | (4) |
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1.10 Examples of the Fluctuation Relations in Action |
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45 | (9) |
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1.10.1 Harmonic Oscillator Subject to a Step Change in Spring Constant |
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45 | (4) |
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1.10.2 Smoothly Squeezed Harmonic Oscillator |
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49 | (3) |
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1.10.3 A Simple Nonequilibrium Steady State |
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52 | (2) |
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54 | (3) |
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55 | (2) |
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2 Fluctuation Relations and the Foundations of Statistical Thermodynamics: A Deterministic Approach and Numerical Demonstration |
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57 | (26) |
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57 | (1) |
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58 | (4) |
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2.3 Proof of Boltzmann's Postulate of Equal A Priori Probabilities |
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62 | (5) |
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2.4 Nonequilibrium Free Energy Relations |
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67 | (2) |
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2.5 Simulations and Results |
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69 | (5) |
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2.6 Results Demonstrating the Fluctuation Relations |
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74 | (6) |
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80 | (3) |
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81 | (2) |
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3 Fluctuation Relations in Small Systems: Exact Results from the Deterministic Approach |
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83 | (32) |
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84 | (10) |
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85 | (1) |
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3.1.2 Nonequilibrium Molecular Dynamics |
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86 | (3) |
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3.1.3 The Dissipation Function |
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89 | (3) |
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3.1.4 Fluctuation Relations: The Need for Clarification |
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92 | (2) |
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94 | (14) |
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3.2.1 Transient Relations |
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94 | (2) |
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3.2.2 Work Relations: Jarzynski |
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96 | (2) |
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98 | (3) |
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3.2.4 Extending toward the Steady State |
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101 | (4) |
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3.2.5 The Gallavotti-Cohen Approach |
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105 | (3) |
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108 | (2) |
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110 | (5) |
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111 | (4) |
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4 Measuring Out-of-Equilibrium Fluctuations |
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115 | (40) |
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115 | (1) |
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4.2 Work and Heat Fluctuations in the Harmonic Oscillator |
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116 | (5) |
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4.2.1 The Experimental Setup |
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116 | (1) |
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4.2.2 The Equation of Motion |
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117 | (1) |
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117 | (1) |
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4.2.3 Nonequilibrium Steady State: Sinusoidal Forcing |
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118 | (1) |
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119 | (1) |
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120 | (1) |
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121 | (7) |
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4.3.1 FTs for Gaussian Variables |
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122 | (1) |
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4.3.2 FTs for Wπ and Qπ Measured in the Harmonic Oscillator |
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123 | (2) |
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4.3.3 Comparison with Theory |
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125 | (1) |
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4.3.4 Trajectory-Dependent Entropy |
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125 | (3) |
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4.4 The Nonlinear Case: Stochastic Resonance |
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128 | (4) |
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132 | (10) |
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4.5.1 Colloidal Particle in an Optical Trap |
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132 | (4) |
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136 | (3) |
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4.5.3 Fluctuation Relations Far from Equilibrium |
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139 | (3) |
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4.5.4 Conclusions on Randomly Driven Systems |
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142 | (1) |
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4.6 Applications of Fluctuation Theorems |
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142 | (8) |
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4.6.1 Fluctuation-Dissipation Relations for NESS |
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143 | (1) |
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4.6.1.1 Hatano-Sasa Relation and Fluctuation-Dissipation Around NESS |
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144 | (1) |
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4.6.1.2 Brownian Particle in a Toroidal Optical Trap |
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144 | (2) |
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4.6.2 Generalized Fluctuation-Dissipation Relation |
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146 | (1) |
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4.6.2.1 Statistical Error |
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146 | (1) |
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4.6.2.2 Effect of the Initial Sampled Condition |
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147 | (2) |
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4.6.2.3 Experimental Test |
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149 | (1) |
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149 | (1) |
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4.7 Summary and Concluding Remarks |
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150 | (5) |
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151 | (4) |
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5 Recent Progress in Fluctuation Theorems and Free Energy Recovery |
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155 | (26) |
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155 | (1) |
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5.2 Free Energy Measurement Prior to Fluctuation Theorems |
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156 | (3) |
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5.2.1 Experimental Methods for FE Measurements |
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156 | (2) |
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5.2.2 Computational FE Estimates |
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158 | (1) |
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5.3 Single-Molecule Experiments |
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159 | (4) |
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5.3.1 Experimental Techniques |
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160 | (2) |
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5.3.2 Pulling DNA Hairpins with Optical Tweezers |
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162 | (1) |
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5.4 Fluctuation Relations |
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163 | (3) |
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5.4.1 Experimental Validation of the Crooks Equality |
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165 | (1) |
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5.5 Control Parameters, Configurational Variables, and the Definition of Work |
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166 | (6) |
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5.5.1 About the Right Definition of Work: Accumulated versus Transferred Work |
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168 | (4) |
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5.6 Extended Fluctuation Relations |
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172 | (3) |
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5.6.1 Experimental Measurement of the Potential of Mean Force |
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174 | (1) |
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5.7 Free Energy Recovery from Unidirectional Work Measurements |
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175 | (2) |
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177 | (4) |
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177 | (4) |
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6 Information Thermodynamics: Maxwell's Demon in Nonequilibrium Dynamics |
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181 | (32) |
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181 | (1) |
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182 | (2) |
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6.3 Information Content in Thermodynamics |
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184 | (5) |
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6.3.1 Shannon Information |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (2) |
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187 | (2) |
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6.4 Second Law of Thermodynamics with Feedback Control |
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189 | (8) |
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190 | (2) |
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6.4.2 Generalized Szilard Engine |
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192 | (1) |
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6.4.3 Overdamped Langevin System |
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192 | (2) |
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6.4.4 Experimental Demonstration: Feedback-Controlled Ratchet |
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194 | (2) |
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6.4.5 Carnot Efficiency with Two Heat Baths |
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196 | (1) |
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6.5 Nonequilibrium Equalities with Feedback Control |
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197 | (8) |
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197 | (3) |
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6.5.2 Measurement and Feedback |
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200 | (2) |
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6.5.3 Nonequilibrium Equalities with Mutual Information |
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202 | (1) |
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6.5.4 Nonequilibrium Equalities with Efficacy Parameter |
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203 | (2) |
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6.6 Thermodynamic Energy Cost for Measurement and Information Erasure |
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205 | (3) |
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208 | (5) |
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Appendix 6.A Proof of Eq. (6.56) |
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208 | (1) |
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209 | (4) |
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7 Time-Reversal Symmetry Relations for Currents in Quantum and Stochastic Nonequilibrium Systems |
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213 | (46) |
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213 | (3) |
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7.2 Functional Symmetry Relations and Response Theory |
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216 | (4) |
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7.3 Transitory Current Fluctuation Theorem |
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220 | (4) |
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7.4 From Transitory to the Stationary Current Fluctuation Theorem |
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224 | (3) |
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7.5 Current Fluctuation Theorem and Response Theory |
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227 | (3) |
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7.6 Case of Independent Particles |
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230 | (8) |
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7.7 Time-Reversal Symmetry Relations in the Master Equation Approach |
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238 | (6) |
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7.7.1 Current Fluctuation Theorem for Stochastic Processes |
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238 | (3) |
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7.7.2 Thermodynamic Entropy Production |
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241 | (1) |
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7.7.3 Case of Effusion Processes |
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241 | (1) |
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7.7.4 Statistics of Histories and Time Reversal |
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242 | (2) |
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7.8 Transport in Electronic Circuits |
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244 | (8) |
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7.8.1 Quantum Dot with One Resonant Level |
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244 | (1) |
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7.8.2 Capacitively Coupled Circuits |
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245 | (5) |
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7.8.3 Coherent Quantum Conductor |
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250 | (2) |
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252 | (7) |
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254 | (5) |
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8 Anomalous Fluctuation Relations |
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259 | (24) |
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259 | (1) |
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8.2 Transient Fluctuation Relations |
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260 | (5) |
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260 | (2) |
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262 | (1) |
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8.2.3 Transient Fluctuation Relation for Ordinary Langevin Dynamics |
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263 | (2) |
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8.3 Transient Work Fluctuation Relations for Anomalous Dynamics |
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265 | (4) |
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8.3.1 Gaussian Stochastic Processes |
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265 | (1) |
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8.3.1.1 Correlated Internal Gaussian Noise |
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265 | (1) |
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8.3.1.2 Correlated External Gaussian Noise |
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266 | (1) |
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267 | (1) |
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8.3.3 Time-Fractional Kinetics |
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268 | (1) |
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8.4 Anomalous Dynamics of Biological Cell Migration |
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269 | (8) |
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8.4.1 Cell Migration in Equilibrium |
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270 | (1) |
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8.4.1.1 Experimental Results |
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271 | (1) |
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8.4.1.2 Theoretical Modeling |
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272 | (3) |
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8.4.2 Cell Migration Under Chemical Gradients |
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275 | (2) |
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277 | (6) |
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278 | (5) |
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Part II Beyond Fluctuation Relations |
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283 | (132) |
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9 Out-of-Equilibrium Generalized Fluctuation-Dissipation Relations |
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285 | (34) |
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285 | (2) |
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9.1.1 The Relevance of Fluctuations: Few Historical Comments |
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286 | (1) |
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9.2 Generalized Fluctuation-Dissipation Relations |
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287 | (7) |
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9.2.1 Chaos and the FDR: van Kampen's Objection |
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287 | (1) |
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9.2.2 Generalized FDR for Stationary Systems |
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288 | (2) |
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9.2.3 Remarks on the Invariant Measure |
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290 | (2) |
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9.2.4 Generalized FDR for Markovian Systems |
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292 | (2) |
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9.3 Random Walk on a Comb Lattice |
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294 | (6) |
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9.3.1 Anomalous Diffusion and FDR |
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294 | (1) |
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9.3.2 Transition Rates of the Model |
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295 | (1) |
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296 | (1) |
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9.3.4 Application of the Generalized FDR |
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297 | (3) |
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300 | (1) |
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9.5 Langevin Processes without Detailed Balance |
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301 | (5) |
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9.5.1 Markovian Linear System |
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302 | (1) |
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9.5.2 Fluctuation-Response Relation |
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303 | (2) |
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305 | (1) |
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306 | (7) |
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307 | (2) |
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9.6.2 Dense Case: Double Langevin with Two Temperatures |
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309 | (2) |
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9.6.3 Generalized FDR and Entropy Production |
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311 | (2) |
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9.7 Conclusions and Perspectives |
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313 | (6) |
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314 | (5) |
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10 Anomalous Thermal Transport in Nanostructures |
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319 | (16) |
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319 | (1) |
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10.2 Numerical Study on Thermal Conductivity and Heat Energy Diffusion in One-Dimensional Systems |
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320 | (5) |
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10.3 Breakdown of Fourier's Law Experimental Evidence |
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325 | (2) |
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327 | (4) |
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331 | (4) |
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332 | (3) |
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11 Large Deviation Approach to Nonequilibrium Systems |
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335 | (26) |
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335 | (1) |
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11.2 From Equilibrium to Nonequilibrium Systems |
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336 | (5) |
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11.2.1 Equilibrium Systems |
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336 | (3) |
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11.2.2 Nonequilibrium Systems |
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339 | (1) |
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11.2.3 Equilibrium Versus Nonequilibrium Systems |
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340 | (1) |
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11.3 Elements of Large Deviation Theory |
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341 | (6) |
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341 | (2) |
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11.3.2 Equilibrium Large Deviations |
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343 | (2) |
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11.3.3 Nonequilibrium Large Deviations |
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345 | (2) |
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11.4 Applications to Nonequilibrium Systems |
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347 | (9) |
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11.4.1 Random Walkers in Discrete and Continuous Time |
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347 | (2) |
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11.4.2 Large Deviation Principle for Density Profiles |
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349 | (1) |
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11.4.3 Large Deviation Principle for Current Fluctuations |
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350 | (2) |
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11.4.4 Interacting Particle Systems: Features and Subtleties |
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352 | (2) |
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11.4.5 Macroscopic Fluctuation Theory |
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354 | (2) |
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356 | (5) |
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357 | (4) |
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12 Lyapunov Modes in Extended Systems |
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361 | (32) |
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361 | (2) |
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12.2 Numerical Algorithms and LV Correlations |
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363 | (2) |
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12.3 Universality Classes of Hydrodynamic Lyapunov Modes |
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365 | (4) |
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12.4 Hyperbolicity and the Significance of Lyapunov Modes |
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369 | (3) |
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12.5 Lyapunov Spectral Gap and Branch Splitting of Lyapunov Modes in a "Diatomic" System |
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372 | (4) |
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12.6 Comparison of Covariant and Orthogonal HLMs |
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376 | (4) |
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12.7 Hyperbolicity and Effective Degrees of Freedom of Partial Differential Equations |
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380 | (4) |
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12.8 Probing the Local Geometric Structure of Inertial Manifolds via a Projection Method |
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384 | (4) |
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388 | (5) |
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389 | (4) |
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13 Study of Single-Molecule Dynamics in Mesoporous Systems, Glasses, and Living Cells |
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393 | (22) |
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393 | (3) |
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13.1.1 Experimental Method |
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393 | (2) |
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13.1.2 Analysis of the Single-Molecule Trajectories |
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395 | (1) |
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13.2 Investigation of the Structure of Mesoporous Silica Employing Single-Molecule Microscopy |
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396 | (6) |
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396 | (2) |
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13.2.2 Combining TEM and SMM for Structure Determination of Mesoporous Silica |
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398 | (1) |
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13.2.3 Applications of SMM to Improve the Synthesis of Mesoporous Systems |
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399 | (3) |
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13.3 Investigation of the Diffusion of Guest Molecules in Mesoporous Systems |
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402 | (5) |
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13.3.1 A More Detailed Look into the Diffusional Dynamics of Guest Molecules in Nanopores |
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402 | (2) |
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13.3.2 Modification of the Flow Medium in the Nanopores and Its Influence on Probe Diffusion |
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404 | (2) |
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13.3.3 Loading of Cargoes into Mesopores: A Step toward Drug Delivery Applications |
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406 | (1) |
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13.4 A Test of the Ergodic Theorem by Employing Single-Molecule Microscopy |
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407 | (2) |
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13.5 Single-Particle Tracking in Biological Systems |
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409 | (3) |
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13.6 Conclusion and Outlook |
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412 | (3) |
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413 | (2) |
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