The nonequilibrium thermodynamics of small systems

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 8, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 528-539

  Ritort, Felix ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Molecular biophysics; Nonequilibrium thermodynamics; Single molecule experiments

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447639828     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2007.04.018     Document Type: Short Survey

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