Nanjing University of Science and Technology in collaboration with Liaoning Academy of Materials, Hohai University and City University of Hong Kong revealed a significant strengthening mechanism ...

The study of gradient flows and large deviations in stochastic processes forms a vital link between microscopic randomness and macroscopic determinism. By characterising how systems evolve in response ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The Clausius-Duhem inequality σ(r, t) ≥ 0, a widely adopted axiom in continuum mechanics, leads to the conclusion that for many materials the ...

Entropy is one of the most useful concepts in science but also one of the most confusing. This article serves as a brief introduction to the various types of entropy that can be used to quantify the ...