Biomolecular machines are protein complexes that convert between different forms of free
energy. They are utilized in nature to accomplish many cellular tasks. As isothermal …

Engines are systems and devices that convert one form of energy into another, typically into
a more useful form that can perform work. In the classical setup, physical, chemical, and …

Optical tweezers are tools made of light that enable contactless pushing, trapping, and
manipulation of objects, ranging from atoms to space light sails. Since the pioneering work …

We consider the paradigm of an overdamped Brownian particle in a potential well, which is
modulated through an external protocol, in the presence of stochastic resetting. Thus, in …

The relation between entropy and information dates back to the classical Maxwell demon
paradox, a thought experiment proposed in 1867 by James Clerk Maxwell to violate the …

First-passage processes can be divided in two classes: those that are accelerated by the
introduction of restart and those that display an opposite response. In physical systems, a …

Information engines can convert thermal fluctuations of a bath at temperature T into work at
rates of order k BT per relaxation time of the system. We show experimentally that such …

The hallmark of active matter is the autonomous directed motion of its microscopic
constituents driven by consumption of energy resources. This motion leads to the …

Multi-component molecular machines are ubiquitous in biology. We review recent progress
on describing their thermodynamic properties using autonomous bipartite Markovian …

We study the motion of active Janus colloids in an optical trap using experiments, theory and
numerical simulations. To achieve isotropic and harmonic confinement, we prototype …