… performed with a single colloidal particle in an optical trap. Section 4 is the central part of
this review, where we discuss recent designs of colloidal heat engines using optical tweezers, …

… From now on, we specialize our discussion to a heat engine consisting of a colloidal particle
confined to a time-dependent harmonic potential with an externally controlled stiffness k(t), …

… A recent experiment demonstrated that a colloidal heat engine immersed in an active bath
… In this paper, we used the optical feedback trap to mimic a colloidal heat engine in various …

… colloids suspended in a solvent, thus exhibiting time-dependent flow properties [38]. Therefore,
the motion of a colloidal … Although all these conditions are met by a colloidal heat engine …

… In this article, we analyze the operation of two heat engines, the simplest case of collective
behavior, … The engines were constructed from two colloidal particles in a pair of optical traps …

… heat engine employing a single colloidal particle moving in a generic elliptical optical trap
while in simultaneous contact with two heat … , circularly operating heat engine generating a …

… realization of a microscopic heat engine, comprising a single colloidal particle subject to a …
which in turn determines the efficiency of our heat engine. Our experiments offer a rare insight …

… heat engine is likewise composed of a colloidal particle in a harmonic trap. However, in
contrast to a passive heat engine the colloidal … simply acts as an equilibrium heat bath. Rather, …

… , we investigate a colloidal Stirling engine governed by a … discover certain exceptional active
engines that can outperform … observed in the colloidal heat engine analyzed in this study. …

… Recent studies demonstrated that the stochastic efficiency of Brownian heat engines driven
by the non-equilibrium protocol is not bounded and can even exceed Carnot efficiency […