Theory of cross phenomena and their coefficients beyond Onsager theorem Article Swipe
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Zi‐Kui Liu
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· 2022
· Open Access
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· DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21663831.2022.2054668
· OA: W4223908708
YOU?
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· 2022
· Open Access
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· DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21663831.2022.2054668
· OA: W4223908708
Cross phenomena, representing responses of a system to external stimuli, are ubiquitous from quantum to macro scales. The Onsager theorem is often used to describe them, stating that the coefficient matrix of cross phenomena connecting the driving forces and the fluxes of internal processes is symmetric. Here we show that this matrix is intrinsically diagonal when the driving forces are chosen from the gradients of potentials that drive the fluxes of their respective conjugate molar quantities in the combined law of thermodynamics including the contributions from internal processes. Various cross phenomena are discussed in terms of the present theory.
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