“Minimizing Work Fluctuations in Classical Processes Maximizes Useful Irreversible Work”

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38115406

In classical and isothermal processes with finite-time and weak drivings, the optimal protocol that maximizes the usefulness of irreversible work is also the one that minimizes work fluctuations, according to a new extension of the fluctuation-dissipation relation.