Thermodynamics of collective engines: Active matter and Pareto optimal fronts

• Grant number: 24/08157-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct)
• Start date: October 01, 2024
• End date: September 30, 2029
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Condensed Matter Physics
• Principal Investigator: Carlos Eduardo Fiore dos Santos
• Grantee: Vitória Tesser Henkes
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física (IF). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 22/15453-0 - Correlated quantum materials, AP.TEM

Abstract

The present PHD project is aimed at studying nonequilibrium systems presenting collective behavior and will be divided in three parts.In the first part, the thermodynamics and performance of different models presenting collective behavior will be investigated. We intend to obtain the phase diagram as well as the thermodynamic and statistical properties of power and efficiency in each on of the phases. In the second part, we intend to propose an "active matter" version of the above model. The third part of the project is related to thematic project 2022/15453-0, entitled"Correlated quantum materials", coordinated by Eduardo Miranda (UNICAMP) in which I am the main researcher and aims to study optimal strategies ({\it Pareto fronts}) for the aforementioned thermal machine models.