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  • Thermodynamics
  • Statistical Mechanics
  • Nanotechnology

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  • Micro- and nanoscale systems often exhibit significant energy dissipation when subjected to rapid changes in control parameters.
  • Understanding and mitigating this energy dissipation is crucial for the development of efficient nanoscale devices and processes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify universally optimal control protocols that minimize energy dissipation in micro- and nanoscale systems operating in the fast-protocol limit.
  • To explore the potential applications of these optimized protocols in molecular machines, thermodynamic computing, and nonequilibrium free-energy estimation.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of energy dissipation in systems driven by rapid control parameter changes.
  • Derivation of optimal protocols in the fast-protocol limit.
  • Theoretical investigation of a two-step jump process balancing jump size and relaxation time.

Main Results:

  • Protocols minimizing dissipation at fixed duration are universally characterized by a two-step process.
  • This process involves jumping to and from a specific point that optimally balances jump size with fast relaxation.
  • The derived protocols offer a general solution for minimizing energy dissipation under rapid control.

Conclusions:

  • The identified two-step jump protocols provide a fundamental strategy for reducing energy dissipation in driven micro- and nanoscale systems.
  • These findings have direct implications for enhancing the energetic efficiency of molecular machines and advancing thermodynamic computing.
  • The principles can also improve the accuracy of nonequilibrium free-energy estimation techniques.