InhaltsangabeThermodynamics and Fluctuations Far from Equilibrium.- to Part I.- Thermodynamics Far from Equilibrium: Linear and Nonlinear One-Variable Systems.- Thermodynamic State Function for Single and Multivariable Systems.- Continuation of Deterministic Approach for Multivariable Systems.- Thermodynamic and Stochastic Theory of Reaction-Diffusion Systems.- Stability and Relative Stability of Multiple Stationary States Related to Fluctuations.- Experiments on Relative Stability in Kinetic Systems with Multiple Stationary States.- Thermodynamic and Stochastic Theory of Transport Processes.- Thermodynamic and Stochastic Theory for Non-Ideal Systems.- Electrochemical Experiments in Systems Far from Equilibrium.- Theory of Determination of Thermodynamic and Stochastic Potentials from Macroscopic Measurements.- Dissipation and Efficiency in Autonomous and Externally Forced Reactions, Including Several Biochemical Systems.- Dissipation in Irreversible Processes.- Efficiency of Irreversible Processes.- Finite-Time Thermodynamics.- Reduction of Dissipation in Heat Engines by Periodic Changes of External Constraints.- Dissipation and Efficiency in Biochemical Reactions.- Three Applications of Chapter 16.- Stochastic Theory and Fluctuations in Systems Far from Equilibrium, Including Disordered Systems.- Fluctuation-Dissipation Relations.- Fluctuations in Limit Cycle Oscillators.- Disordered Kinetic Systems.

PART I: Thermodynamics and Fluctuations far from Equilibrium.- Introduction.- Linear and Non-linear One Variable Systems.- Thermodynamic State Functions for Single and Multivariable Systems.- Continuation of Deterministic Approach.- Reaction-Diffusion Systems and Relative Stability of Stable Stationary States.- Stability and Relative Stability Related to Fluctuations.- Experiments on Relative Stability in Systems with Multiple Stationary States.- Thermodynamics and Stochastic Theory of Transport Processes.- Thermodynamics and Stochastic Theory of Non-ideal Systems.- Electrochemical Experiments far from Equilibrium.- Theory of Determination of Thermodynamic and Stochastic Potentials From Macroscopic Measurements.- Part II: Dissipation and Efficiency in Autonomous and Externally Forced Reactions, Including Several Biochemical Systems.- Dissipation in Irreversible Processes.- Efficiency in Irreversible Processes.- Finite Time Thermodynamics.- Reduction of Dissipation by Periodic Changes of External Constraints.- Dissipation and Efficiency in Biochemical Reaction Systems.- Part III: Stochastic Theory and Fluctuations in Systems far from Equilibrium, Including Disordered Systems.- Fluctuation - Dissipation Relations.- Fluctuations in Limit Cycle Oscillators.- Fluctuations in Disordered Kinetic Systems.

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