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The effect of temperature on viscous friction and the performance of a Brownian heat engine

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arxiv 1507.02005 v1 pith:WJ5JALY4 submitted 2015-07-08 cond-mat.stat-mech

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We explore the transport features of a Brownian particle that walks in a periodic ratchet potential that is coupled with a spatially varying temperature background. Since the viscous friction of the medium decreases as the temperature of the medium increases, any reasonable exploration regarding the thermodynamic features of the Brownian engine should take into account the role of temperature on the viscosity of the fluid. In this work, we study this effect of temperature by considering a viscous friction that decreases exponentially as the background temperature increases. Our result depicts that the Brownian particle exhibits a fast unidirectional motion when the viscous friction is temperature dependent than that of constant viscous friction. Moreover the efficiency of this motor is considerably enhanced when the viscous friction is temperature dependent. On the hand, the motor exhibits a higher performance of the refrigerator when the viscose friction is taken to be constant.

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