Thermodynamic length, time, speed, and optimum path to minimize entropy production

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 11220-11225

  Diosi L ^a   Kulacsy, K ^b   Lukacs B ^a   Racz A ^b  

^a WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^b KFKI ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

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EID: 0001353820     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.472897     Document Type: Article

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