A study published in Physical Review Letters (PRL) details a "Gambling Carnot Engine" that researchers report can attain 100% ...

In the example listed earlier with the ice cube, the temperature of the system (ice and water) reaches equilibrium as the ice reaches a phase change. The second law of thermodynamics helps put the ...

The merging of supramolecular chemistry and systems chemistry is beginning to unveil the richness of emerging physicochemical properties attainable by exploiting far-from-equilibrium systems, as ...

Thermodynamic properties play a central role in understanding electrochemical systems, offering insights into the energy exchanges and phase equilibria governing material behaviour. Advances in ...

Axel Kleidon, Non-equilibrium thermodynamics, maximum entropy production and Earth-system evolution, Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol. 368, No. 1910, ...

Direct-injection spark-ignition (DISI) engines have been investigated for many years but only recently have shown promise as a next generation gasoline engine technology. Much of this new enthusiasm ...

Researchers have encountered a partial violation of the second law of thermodynamics in a quantum system known as Hofstadter lattice. This partial violation has no place within the framework of ...