Emergent second law for non-equilibrium steady states
Contrary to states of thermal equilibrium, there is no universal characterization of non-equilibrium steady states displaying constant flows of energy and/or matter. Here, the authors make progress in this direction by deriving an emergent and stricter version of the second law of thermodynamics.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2022-08-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32700-7 |