Thalyta Tavares Martins

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Thalyta Tavares Martins is a postdoctoral researcher at the École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay, working on experimental stochastic thermodynamics with optically levitated particles. She obtained her PhD and master’s degree from the University of São Paulo and has expertise in optical trapping, potential engineering, and nonequilibrium thermodynamic processes, including optimal protocols and single-particle heat engines.


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Microscale Engine Runs at Solar-Core Temperatures

A levitated bead is driven to behave like a heat engine, revealing strong fluctuations that seemingly defy thermodynamic principles. Read More »