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Non-equilibrium nano-thermometry

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The surface temperature of a hot levitating nanoparticle in a rarified gas can be determined from its non-equilibrium Brownian motion.

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Figure 1: Nanoparticle in a non-equilibrium situation.

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  1. Klaus Kroy is at the Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Leipzig, Postfach 100920, Leipzig 04009, Germany,

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Kroy, K. Non-equilibrium nano-thermometry. Nature Nanotech 9, 415–417 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2014.109

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