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There's an even smaller engine: the journal Science published a paper a couple weeks ago [1] about a single-atom heat engine. It uses a laser-cooling beam for
by kens 11y ago
There's an even smaller engine: the journal Science published a paper a couple weeks ago [1] about a single-atom heat engine. It uses a laser-cooling beam for the cold reservoir and electric field noise for the hot reservoir, and powers an oscillator.
[1] http://science.sciencemag.org/content/352/6283/325 http://science.sciencemag.org/content/352/6283/325
- Retric 11y agoI don't think that qualifies as an engine or even tiny it needs both the ion trap and whatever's generating the laser is not that small. Sort of like building a tiny lava lamp while ignoring the lamp.