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1 online resource (350 pages) |
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RSC smart materials |
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RSC smart materials.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; Dedication; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1 Basis and Scope; 1.1 Short Historic Overview; 1.2 The Entropy Production in a Homogeneous Phase; 1.3 Linear Flux-Force Relations; 1.3.1 Vectorial Contributions; 1.3.2 Scalar Contributions; 1.3.3 Tensorial Contribution; 1.3.4 Differential Equations; 1.4 The Entropy Production in a Heterogeneous System; 1.4.1 The Surface as an Autonomous System; 1.4.2 The Entropy Production in a Surface and a Contact Line; 1.5 Scope; Acknowledgments; References |
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Chapter 2 Fluctuating Hydrodynamics and Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem in Equilibrium Systems2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Fluctuating Hydrodynamics for a One-component Fluid; 2.3 Fluctuating Hydrodynamics for a Binary Mixture; 2.4 Some Examples; 2.4.1 Temperature Fluctuations at Constant Pressure; 2.4.2 Concentration Fluctuations at Large Lewis Number; 2.5 Alternative Approaches; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3 Thermal Fluctuations in Non-equilibrium Steady States; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Non-equilibrium Enhancement of Thermal Fluctuations; 3.3 Gravity Effects; 3.4 Finite-size Effects |
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3.5 Fluctuation-induced Nonequilibrium Forces3.6 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4 Local Equilibrium in Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Validating the Hypothesis of Local Equilibrium; 4.2.1 Criteria and Tools; 4.2.2 Homogeneous Phases; 4.2.3 Surfaces; 4.2.4 Mesoscopic Systems; 4.2.5 Local versus Global Equilibrium: Molecular Fluctuations; 4.3 Local Equilibrium and Density Functional Theory; 4.4 Predicting Properties from the Hypothesis of Local Equilibrium; 4.5 Conclusions and Perspectives; Acknowledgments; References |
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Chapter 5 Diffusion in Liquids: Experiments, Molecular Dynamics, and Engineering Models5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Experimental Methods; 5.2.1 1D Raman Spectroscopy Diffusion Measurement; 5.2.2 Microfluidic Diffusion Measurement; 5.3 The Use of Molecular Dynamics to Compute Diffusivities; 5.3.1 Molecular Dynamics; 5.3.2 Computing Diffusivities from Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics; 5.3.3 Non-equilibrium Molecular Dynamics to Compute Mutual Diffusion Coefficients; 5.3.4 Thermodynamic Factor from Simulations; 5.4 Engineering Models for Predicting Diffusivities |
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5.4.1 Prediction of Binary Diffusion Coefficients at Infinite Dilution5.4.2 Prediction of Concentration-dependent Binary Diffusion Coefficients; 5.4.3 Multicomponent Extensions of the Darken and Vignes Equations; 5.5 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 6 Non-equilibrium Molecular Dynamics; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Background; 6.2.1 Molecular Dynamics; 6.2.2 Transport Coefficients and Linear Response; 6.3 Non-equilibrium Molecular Dynamics Simulations; 6.3.1 Synthetic NEMD; 6.3.2 Boundary-Driven NEMD; 6.3.3 Thermophoretic Forces and Soret Coefficient |
| Summary |
The book covers recent developments in the theory of non-equilibrium thermodynamics and its applications. Four chapters are devoted to the foundations; an overview chapter is followed by recent results addressing the underlying principles of the theory. The applications are concerned with bulk systems, with heterogeneous systems where interfaces are central and with process units in industry where entropy production minimization is useful. There is also a collection of chapters under the heading mesoscopic non-equilibrium thermodynamics, giving in the end an overview of extensions of the theory into the non-linear regime. Bringing the literature up to date and detailing new approaches in this area of research, it is aimed at a predominantly, but not exclusively, academic audience of practitioners of thermodynamics and energy conversion |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Nonequilibrium thermodynamics.
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Chemical engineering.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Chemical & Biochemical.
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Nonequilibrium thermodynamics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bedeaux, Dick, 1941- editor
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Kjelstrup, Signe, editor.
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Sengers, J. V., editor.
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Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)
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| ISBN |
9781782622543 |
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1782622543 |
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9781782627364 |
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1782627367 |
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