Universitat de Barcelona
2020-03-05T17:09:48Z
2020-03-05T17:09:48Z
2015-10-22
2020-03-05T17:09:49Z
We analyze the mesoscopic dynamics of small-scale systems from the perspective of mesoscopic non-equilibrium thermodynamics. The theory obtains the Fokker-Planck equation as a diffusion equation for the probability density of the mesoscopic variables and the nonlinear relationships between activation rates and affinities proper of activated processes. The situations that can be studied with this formalism include, among others, barrier crossing dynamics and non-linear transport in a great variety of systems. We, in particular, consider the cases of single-molecule stretching and activated processes in small systems.
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Termodinàmica del desequilibri; Fenòmens mesoscòpics (Física); Molècules; Nonequilibrium thermodynamics; Mesoscopic phenomena (Physics); Molecules
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Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3390/e17107201
Entropy, 2015, vol. 17, num. 10, p. 7201-7212
https://doi.org/10.3390/e17107201
cc-by (c) Rubí Capaceti, José Miguel, 2015
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