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Non-equilibrium thermodynamics

2011
Complex structures such as the cellular building blocks of living things are not at equilibrium in the traditional thermodynamic meaning of the term. They are stable only in the sense that they can continually feed off energy sources supplied by electromagnetic field, chemical, thermal and pressure gradients. Thermodynamically, life has to be viewed as
Yasuaki Ichikawa, A. P. S. Selvadurai
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Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics

1994
After having devoted five chapters of this book to the discussion of equilibrium thermodynamics and conservative dynamic phenomena, it is now high time that we entered into the realm of irreversible transport processes. As mentioned in chapter 1, most of the physical systems which engineers wish to model exhibit dissipative phenomena.
Antony N. Beris, Brian J. Edwards
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Non-equilibrium thermodynamics

2009
Abstract This chapter discusses non-equilibrium thermodynamics and shows how fluctuations lead to the Onsager reciprocal relations, which connect certain kinetic coefficients. It applies these ideas to thermoelectric phenomena and briefly discusses time-reversal symmetry.
Stephen J. Blundell, Katherine M. Blundell   +1 more
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Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics

2013
In the preceding chapters with few exceptions we studied systems at equilibrium. This means that the systems do not change or evolve over time.
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Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics

2010
Biological systems are far from thermodynamic equilibrium. Concentration gradients and electrostatic potential differences are the driving forces for diffusive currents and chemical reactions. In this chapter, we present the basic ingredients of nonequilibrium thermodynamics. We derive continuity equations for mass and energy.
Philipp O. J. Scherer, Sighart F. Fischer   +1 more
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Entropy flux in non-equilibrium thermodynamics

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2004
Abstract An important problem in thermodynamics is the link between the entropy flux and the heat flux, for phenomena far from equilibrium. As an illustration we consider here the case of a rigid heat conductor subject to heating. The expression of the entropy flux is determined by the expressions of the evolution equations of the basic variables. It
D. JOU, G. LEBON, MONGIOVI', Maria Stella, RA PERUZZA   +3 more
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Non-equilibrium statistical thermodynamics

Journal of Molecular Liquids, 1995
Abstract By suggesting that gas kinetic collisions are the source of irreversibility, Boltzmann's kinetic equation leads to a paradox. In a monograph entitled Non-equilibrium statistical thermodynamics, applied to fluid dynamics and laser physics the author developed an original alternative theory.
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Thermal Fluctuations in Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics

Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics, 2007
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Sengers, Jan V., Ortiz de Zárate, José M.   +1 more
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Non-equilibrium thermodynamics of light absorption

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General, 1999
Summary: Free-energy transduction, the basic physical process underlying the phenomena of life has been described by non-equilibrium thermodynamics. However, the possibility of a thermodynamic description of the very first step, the conversion of solar energy to the free energy of the living material, has been questioned on the basis of an apparent ...
Meszena, G., Westerhoff, H.V.
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Non-equilibrium thermodynamics and physical kinetics

2014
This new edition covers contemporary directions of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics as well as classical methods of kinetics. Supplementary material on the non-equilibrium statistical operator (NSO) method for calculating kinetics coefficients describing spintronics is included in this new addition. This book is an easy-to-read text describing the
Halid Bikkin, Igor I. Lyapilin
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