Foreword / Presentation of the issue
Non-equilibrium thermodynamics
Understanding non-equilibrium: a challenge for the future
Jona-Lasinio, Giovanni
Keywords: equilibrium-non-equilibrium · entropy · fluctuations · stationary states · diffusive states
Heat transfer and thermodynamics: a foundational problem in classical thermodynamics and in contemporary non-equilibrium thermodynamics
Jou i Mirabent, David
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Casas-Vázquez, José
Keywords: non-equilibrium thermodynamics · nanoscale heat transfer · local equilibrium · extended thermodynamics · non-equilibrium entropy
The Physics of small systems: from energy to information
Ritort, Fèlix
Keywords: Brownian motion · Nyquist noise · stochastic thermodynamics · Maxwell demon · glassy systems
Mesoscopic non-equilibrium thermodynamics
Rubi, J. Miguel
Keywords: non-equilibrium · nanoscale-mesoscale · fluctuations · thermodynamics · free energy
Materials
Electron glasses
Palassini, Matteo
Keywords: glassy dynamics · structural glasses · spin glass · disordered insulators · hopping conduction
Nucleation phenomena: The non-equilibrium kinetics of phase change
Reguera López, David
Keywords: phase transition · non-equilibrium · nucleation · metastable states · water
Soft matter
Ion transport through biological channels
Faraudo, Jordi
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Aguilella Arzo, Marcel
Keywords: ionic transport · protein channels · non-equilibrium physics · Poisson-Nernst-Planck equation · molecular dynamics
Non-equilibrium dynamics of fluids in disordered media
Ortín Rull, Jordi
Keywords: fluid flows in disordered media · Darcy’s law · drainage and imbibition · scale invariance · fluctuations and intermittency
Biophysics
On the principles of multicellular organism development
Frigola, David
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Sancho, José M.
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Ibañes, Marta
Keywords: development · morphogen · attractor · non-equilibrium · differentiation · self-organization · lateral inhibition · multistep signaling · ultrasensitive response · bistability · fluctuation
Neuronal cultures: The brain's complexity and non-equilibrium physics, all in a dish
Soriano, Jordi
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Casademunt, Jaume
Keywords: onnectivity · neuronal culture · network models · noise · spontaneous activity
Historical corner
Pere Vieta (1779-1856), promoter of free public teaching of physics in Catalonia
Puig-Pla, Carles
Keywords: Pere Vieta (1779–1856) · experimental physics’ teaching · Trade Board of Barcelona (mid 19th c.) · University of Barcelona (mid 19th c.) · Royal Academy of Natural Sciences and Arts (mid 19th c.)
Perspectives
Reflections: The enduring sym-biosis between art and science
Zook, Douglas
Keywords: art and science symbiosis · windows reflections · ephemerous reality
Altres
