The realization of a single-particle Stirling engine pushes thermodynamics into stochastic territory where fluctuations dominate, and points towards a better understanding of energy transduction at the microscale.
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Horowitz, J., Parrondo, J. A Stirling effort. Nature Phys 8, 108–109 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys2184
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