On Onsager relations and linear electromagnetic materials

AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-104

  Lakhtakia, Akhlesh ^a   Depine, Ricardo A ^b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Linear materials; Macroscopic reciprocity; Magnetoelectric materials; Microscopic reversibility; Onsager relations

Indexed keywords

CONVOLUTION; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ENTROPY; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MAGNETOSTATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

LINEAR MATERIALS; MACROSCOPIC RECIPROCITY; MAGNETOELECTRIC MATERIALS; MICROSCOPIC REVERSIBILITY; ONSAGER RELATIONS;

MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS;

EID: 20344386245     PISSN: 14348411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeue.2005.01.008     Document Type: Article

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