dc.contributor.author | de Miguel, Rodrigo | |
dc.contributor.author | Rubi, J. Miguel | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-11-20T10:11:20Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-11-20T10:11:20Z | |
dc.date.created | 2017-10-29T20:06:32Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 2017, 121 (45), 10429-10434. | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.issn | 1520-6106 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2467110 | |
dc.description.abstract | Understanding how small systems exchange energy with a heat bath is important to describe how their unique properties can be affected by the environment. In this contribution, we apply Landsberg's theory of temperature-dependent energy levels to describe the progressive thermalization of small systems as their spectrum is perturbed by a heat bath. We propose a mechanism whereby the small system undergoes a discrete series of excitations and isentropic spectrum adjustments leading to a final state of thermal equilibrium. This produces standard thermodynamic results without invoking system size. The thermal relaxation of a single harmonic oscillator is analyzed as a model example of a system with a quantized spectrum than can be embedded in a thermal environment. A description of how the thermal environment affects the spectrum of a small system can be the first step in using environmental factors, such as temperature, as parameters in the design and operation of nanosystem properties. | nb_NO |
dc.language.iso | eng | nb_NO |
dc.publisher | American Chemical Society | nb_NO |
dc.relation.uri | http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b08621 | |
dc.subject | Fysikalsk kjemi | nb_NO |
dc.subject | Physical chemistry | nb_NO |
dc.subject | Termodynamikk | nb_NO |
dc.subject | Thermodynamics | nb_NO |
dc.subject | Statistisk mekanikk | nb_NO |
dc.subject | Statistical mechanics | nb_NO |
dc.title | Thermodynamics Far From the Thermodynamic Limit | nb_NO |
dc.type | Journal article | nb_NO |
dc.description.version | submittedVersion | nb_NO |
dc.subject.nsi | VDP::Fysikk: 430 | nb_NO |
dc.subject.nsi | VDP::Physics: 430 | nb_NO |
dc.source.pagenumber | 10429-10434 | nb_NO |
dc.source.volume | 121 | nb_NO |
dc.source.journal | Journal of Physical Chemistry B | nb_NO |
dc.source.issue | 45 | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b08621 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1508734 | |
dc.description.localcode | This is a submitted manuscript of an article published by American Chemical Society in Journal of Physical Chemistry B, November 7, 2017 | nb_NO |
cristin.unitcode | 194,67,80,0 | |
cristin.unitname | Institutt for lærerutdanning | |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | preprint | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 2 | |