Yet another perspective for the same anomalous environment? http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v112/i3/e030602
The researchers focus on an individual ion in a squeezed state unbalancing noise along 2 axis. Isn't this what nano geometry accomplishes at a system level for bulk gas in what we often refer to as our NAE? Subject: EXTERNAL: Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 030602 (2014): Nanoscale Heat Engine Beyond the Carnot Limit http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v112/i3/e030602