A Note on Solid-State Maxwell Demon
Classical Physics
2013-04-17 v4
Abstract
Starting from 2002, at least two kinds of laboratory-testable, solid-state Maxwell demons have been proposed that utilize the electric field energy of an open-gap n-p junction and that seem to challenge the validity of the Second Law of Thermodynamics. In the present paper we present some arguments against the alleged functioning of such devices.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1011.3953,
title = {A Note on Solid-State Maxwell Demon},
author = {Germano D'Abramo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.3953},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
9 pages, 4 figures. Foundations of Physics, forthcoming. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1101.5056