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<p>Seminario extra en el DF-FCEN-UBA, <br>
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Viernes 25/10, 11hs, Aula Seminario, Pab. 1,<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="AdvP6F01, serif"><font size="4"><span lang="en-US">Conservation Laws, Symmetry Breaking and Thermodynamic Efficiencies</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">GIULIO CASATI</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">Center for Complex Systems</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><span lang="en-US">Department of Science and Technology-</span> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">University of Insubria</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-US">Como-Italy</span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><span lang="en-US">The understanding of coupled particles and heat transport in complex systems is a fundamental problem, also of practical interest in connection with the challenging task of developing high-performance thermoelectric materials.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><span lang="en-US">In view of meeting the energy challenge of the future, the possibility to build thermal diodes or efficient thermoelectric devices for cooling or power generation, may play an important increasing role. The understanding of the underlying microscopic nonlinear mechanisms may prove to be relevant for the solution of this important societal problem</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"><span lang="en-US">Here we discuss how the combined effect of nonlinearity and symmetry breaking can lead to important consequences such as the possibility to control the heat current or wave propagation in nonlinear media. We will then discuss thermoelectric transport phenomena from the perspective of dynamical nonlinear systems, focusing on stylized classical and quantum models, including the disordered hard-point gas.</span></p>
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