• In statistical mechanics, configuration entropy is the portion of a system's entropy that is related to discrete representative positions of its constituent...
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  • Configuration entropy Conformational entropy Enthalpy Entropy Entropy (classical thermodynamics) Entropy (energy dispersal) Entropy of mixing Entropy...
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    the entropy pessimism position.: 545f  Boltzmann entropy Brownian ratchet Configuration entropy Conformational entropy Entropic explosion Entropic force...
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  • explanation Entropy (statistical thermodynamics), the statistical explanation of thermodynamic entropy based on probability theory Configuration entropy, the...
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  • distribution; second, many physical systems tend to move towards maximal entropy configurations over time. If X {\displaystyle X} is a continuous random variable...
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    precursors will result in a multi-phase sample, suggesting that configurational entropy stabilizes the material. It can clearly be seen from the formula...
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  • {\displaystyle \Omega } , it is related to the configuration entropy of an isolated system via Boltzmann's entropy formula S = k B log ⁡ Ω , {\displaystyle...
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  • configurational entropy associated with localized electrons and holes. This entropy is similar in form to the configurational entropy associated with...
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    leaving nearly pure silver. If a mixture of polymers has lower configurational entropy than the components, they are likely to be immiscible in one another...
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    was also the first to coin the term "high-entropy alloy" when he attributed the high configurational entropy as the mechanism stabilizing the solid solution...
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  • In classical thermodynamics, entropy (from Greek τρoπή (tropḗ) 'transformation') is a property of a thermodynamic system that expresses the direction...
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  • Residual entropy is the difference in entropy between a non-equilibrium state and crystal state of a substance close to absolute zero. This term is used...
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  • entropy states that the probability distribution which best represents the current state of knowledge about a system is the one with largest entropy,...
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    be distinguishable based on, for example, their location. (See configurational entropy.) If the box contains identical particles, and is at equilibrium...
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  • with relatively high entropy is microscopically random, like a hot gas. A known configuration of classical fields has zero entropy: there is nothing random...
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    define a group of physical quantities, such as temperature, energy, and entropy, that characterize thermodynamic systems in thermodynamic equilibrium....
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  • Configuration entropy Folding funnel Loop entropy Molten globule Protein folding Doig AJ, Sternberg MJE. (1995). Side-chain conformational entropy in...
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    remain some finite entropy as the system is brought to very low temperatures, either because the system becomes locked into a configuration with non-minimal...
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    thermal fluctuations and configuration entropy at the nanoscale give rise to superelasticity, entropic elasticity (entropic forces), and other exotic...
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    polymers are thermodynamically immiscible in nature due to their low configurational entropy of mixing. Immiscible polymer blends are commonly produced using...
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  • rot (bit rot, code rot, software erosion, software decay, or software entropy) is the degradation, deterioration, or loss of the use or performance of...
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    Correspondingly the configurational entropy S0 = kBln(Ω) = NkBln(⁠3/2⁠) = 0.81 cal/(K·mol) = 3.4 J/(mol·K) is in amazing agreement with the missing entropy measured...
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  • coverage of θ° = 0.5, as this choice results in a cancellation of the configurational entropy term and is also consistent with neglecting to include the standard...
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  • In network science, the network entropy is a disorder measure derived from information theory to describe the level of randomness and the amount of information...
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  • Entropy is one of the few quantities in the physical sciences that require a particular direction for time, sometimes called an arrow of time. As one...
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    Kravitz, Joslyn; Gilson, Michael K. (2007-07-14). "Extraction of configurational entropy from molecular simulations via an expansion approximation". The...
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    instantaneous configuration of the items. Moreover, according to theoretical ecologist and chemical engineer Robert Ulanowicz, "that entropy might provide...
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  • Non-equilibrium thermodynamics Quantum thermodynamics Statistical physics Configuration entropy Chaos Theory Hard spheres Quantum statistical mechanics Microcanonical...
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    undergo a second-order phase transition. This happens when the configurational entropy overcomes the Boltzmann factor, which suppresses the thermal or...
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  • dominated by entropy, all potential energy is available to do useful work and drives the system to spontaneously undergo changes of configuration, and thus...
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