Carberry, DavidBaker, MatthewWang, GenmiaoSevick, Edith MEvans, Denis2015-12-081464-4258http://hdl.handle.net/1885/30902Conventional 19th century thermodynamics has limited our understanding of statistical physics to systems in the thermodynamic limit, at or near equilibrium. However, in the last decade two new theorems, collectively referred to as fluctuation theorems orKeywords: Colloids; Statistical mechanics; Thermal energy; Viscoelasticity; Evans and Searles; Fluctuation theorem; Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics; Optical trapping; Optics Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics; Optical trapping200710.1088/1464-4258/9/8/S132015-12-08