configurational entropy
1Entropy (classical thermodynamics) — In thermodynamics, entropy is a measure of how close a thermodynamic system is to equilibrium. A thermodynamic system is any physical object or region of space that can be described by its thermodynamic quantities such as temperature, pressure,… …
2Entropy (energy dispersal) — The thermodynamic concept of entropy can be described qualitatively as a measure of energy dispersal (energy distribution) at a specific temperature. Changes in entropy can be quantitatively related to the distribution or the spreading out of the …
3Configuration entropy — In statistical mechanics, configuration entropy is the portion of a system s entropy that is related to the position of its constituent particles rather than to their velocity or momentum. It is physically related to the number of ways of… …
4Geometrically frustrated magnet — Geometrical frustration and ice rules The word frustration was introduced to describe the situation where a system cannot simultaneously minimize the interaction energies between its components [cite journal last = Schiffer first = P. authorlink …
5Frank L. Lambert — (born July 10, 1918, Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Occidental College, Los Angeles. He is known for his advocacy of changing the definition of thermodynamic entropy as “disorder” from US general chemistry texts… …
6Interaction information — The interaction information (McGill 1954) or co information (Bell 2003) is one of several generalizations of the mutual information, and expresses the amount information (redundancy or synergy) bound up in a set of variables, beyond that which is …
7Miscibility — Diesel is immiscible in water. The bright rainbow pattern is due to thin film optical interference. Miscibility   …
8Quantum vortex — In physics, a quantum vortex is a topological defect exhibited in superfluids and superconductors. The existence of these quantum vortices were independently predicted by Richard Feynman and Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov in the 1950s. They were… …
9Segregation in materials — refers to the enrichment of a material constituent at a free surface or an internal interface of a material. In a polycrystalline solid, a segregation site can be a dislocation, grain boundary, stacking fault, or an interface with a precipitate… …
10Statistical thermodynamics — In thermodynamics, statistical thermodynamics is the study of the microscopic behaviors of thermodynamic systems using probability theory. Statistical thermodynamics, generally, provides a molecular level interpretation of thermodynamic… …
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