Smoluchowski's Trapdoor

Entropy

关键词: second law;    Smoluchowski;    Maxwell;    nanotechnology;   

DOI  :  10.3390/e6010096

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

A mechanism of a gated pore in a membrane is described. Fluxes of gas molecules pass through the pore and produce a pressure gradient in a process that challenges the second law.

【 授权许可】

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