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..., see [52] for a recent comparison. The simplicity of the Jarzynski equality and its possible applications to measurements of free-energy landscape for small systems attracted a lot of attention, see =-=[71, 72]-=- and the references therein. The first studies of fluctuation relations dealt with the deterministic dynamics of finitely-many degrees of freedom. Such dynamics may be also used to model systems inter...

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...ome point. But when we focus on phenomena at the molecular level, it is the thermodynamics of small systems we are talking about, not the familiar macroscopic thermodynamics of heat engines and stars =-=[6]-=-. The analysis of molecular motors is a case in point. Analyzing engines is what thermodynamics is good for; it2 Esteban Calzetta: Kinesin and the Crooks fluctuation theorem was invented for just thi...

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...ome point. But when we focus on phenomena at the molecular level, it is the thermodynamics of small systems we are talking about, not the familiar macroscopic thermodynamics of heat engines and stars =-=[6]-=-. we physicists are learning quite a lot in the process.2 Esteban Calzetta: Kinesin and the Crooks theorem The analysis of molecular motors is a case in point. Analyzing engines is what thermodynamic...

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... but practically irrelevant, in many-particles systems. Differently, fluctuations are not negligible in small systems or in small parts of macroscopic systems, where they might be directly observable =-=[142,143]-=-. Nano-technological devices are then expected to behave differently from ther71modynamic systems. Among them, we find, for instance, quantum dots, carbon nano-tubes and molecular machines, whose siz...

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...le techniques (for example, laser tweezers [25]) or excellent review journals [26]. Finally, reviews about the usefulness of SME to investigate the thermodynamics of molecular systems can be found in =-=[27, 28, 29]-=-. 2. Why single molecules? SME are central to biological physics research [30]. These offer a complementary yet different perspective to understand molecular processes. What are the advantages of SME ...

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...holds for the distribution of work performed on a system [25, 10, 45, 5] which evolves in an equilibrium bath. This developments had an important impact on the physics of nanosystems and biomolecules =-=[43]-=-. Here, we examine the question of the extension of such relations to an evolution in a non-equilibrium medium. More precisely, we consider systems placed in the thermal bath that is non-stationary, a...