Materials and Thermodynamics

ISBN-13: 9781786302083 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 292 str.

Pierre Delhaes

Opis

A thermodynamic system is defined according to its environment and its compliance. This book promotes the classification of materials from generalized thermodynamics outside the equilibrium state and not solely according to their chemical origin.

Spis treści

1. Form and Matter: The Genesis of Materials.

2. Thermodynamics of Condensed Matter.

3. Classification of Materials.

4. Materials and Devices for Energy and Information.

5. Microscopic Models and Statistical
 Thermodynamics.

6. Nanomaterials.

7. Engineering and Molecular Electronics.

8. Living World, Biomaterials and Biosystems.

9. Extensions to Living Organisms and Ecology.

10. Application of Thermodynamics to Economy.

11. From Thermodynamic Systems to Complex Systems.