Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue aims to promote international exchange and to share the latest knowledge and developments in all fundamental aspects of non-equilibrium thermodynamics; this encompasses theoretical concepts, computational, statistical, multi-scale modelling methods and informatic theory of entropy applied to describing out-of-equilibrium processes in physics, chemistry, biology for engineering applications. Emphasis is placed on innovative approaches and advanced overviews to understand the time courses of dynamic and kinetic processes and their complex relationship with the non-equilibrium thermodynamics of matter in laboratory conditions. Of specific interest are the modelling methodologies in all scales from time-dependent first-principles thermodynamics of materials under extreme conditions to stochastic dynamics of complex fluids, soft matter, nano-bubble on surfaces, heat transfer and their links with experimental observations.

The topics of this Special Issue include but are not limited to:

• Non-equilibrium state variables and fluctuations;
• Extremal principles for non-equilibrium processes;
• Entropy in non-equilibrium complex systems;
• Dynamic and kinetic of materials under irradiation condition;
• Onsager relations and transport coefficients;
• Growth process in nature including biological processes, nanoparticles out of equilibrium in catalytic and electrochemical conversion systems; Informatic theory of entropy.

Dr. Duc Nguyen-Manh
Prof. Dr. Abraham Marmur
Guest Editors

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