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20202026
most citedLimited-control optimal protocols arbitrarily far from equilibrium

28 citations · 61 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

cond-mat.stat-mech2026

Higher-order response theory in optimal stochastic thermodynamics

Samuel. H. DAmbrosia, Adrianne Zhong, Michael R. DeWeese

Linear response theory has found many applications in statistical physics. One of these is to compute minimal-work protocols that drive nonequilibrium systems between different the…

cond-mat.stat-mech2025

Optimal active engines obey the thermodynamic Lorentz force law

Adrianne Zhong, Adam G. Frim, Michael R. DeWeese

What are the fundamental limitations for finite-time engines that extract work from active nonequilibrium systems, and what are the optimal protocols that approach them? We show th…

cond-mat.stat-mech2025

Transporting Baguettes With Minimal Action: The Geometry of Optimal Nonequilibrium Processes in Stochastic Thermodynamics

Adrianne Zhong

What are the fundamental limitations placed by the laws of thermodynamics on the energy expenditure needed to carry out a given task in a nonequilibrium environment in finite time?…

physics.plasm-ph2024

Limitations from charge quantization on the parallel temperature diagnostic of nonneutral plasmas

Adrianne Zhong, Joel Fajans, Jonathan S. Wurtele

We develop a new algorithm to estimate the temperature of a nonneutral plasma in a Penning-Malmberg trap. The algorithm analyzes data obtained by slowly lowering a voltage that con…

cond-mat.stat-mech2024★ 14 cited

Beyond Linear Response: Equivalence between Thermodynamic Geometry and Optimal Transport

Adrianne Zhong, Michael R. DeWeese

A fundamental result of thermodynamic geometry is that the optimal, minimal-work protocol that drives a nonequilibrium system between two thermodynamic states in the slow-driving l…

cond-mat.soft2023★ 4 cited

Time-Asymmetric Fluctuation Theorem and Efficient Free Energy Estimation

Adrianne Zhong, Benjamin Kuznets-Speck, Michael R. DeWeese

The free-energy difference between two high-dimensional systems is notoriously difficult to compute, but very important for many applications, such as drug discovery. We demon…

cond-mat.stat-mech2022★ 28 cited

Limited-control optimal protocols arbitrarily far from equilibrium

Adrianne Zhong, Michael R. DeWeese

Recent studies have explored finite-time dissipation-minimizing protocols for stochastic thermodynamic systems driven arbitrarily far from equilibrium, when granted full external c…

cond-mat.stat-mech2020★ 15 cited

Engineered swift equilibration for arbitrary geometries

Adam G. Frim, Adrianne Zhong, Shi-Fan Chen +2

Engineered swift equilibration (ESE) is a class of driving protocols that enforce an equilibrium distribution with respect to external control parameters at the beginning and end o…