| Week |
Topic |
| 1 |
Basic Concepts in Thermodynamics |
| 2 |
Review of Equilibrium Thermodynamics
Elements of Statistical Thermodynamics |
| 3 |
The Gibbs Stability Theory |
| 4 |
Stability, Critical Phenomena and Configurational Heat Capacity |
| 5 |
Stability and Entropy Production |
| 6 |
Midterm |
| 7 |
Thermodynamic Theory of Fluctuations, Small Systems, Size –Dependent Properties, Nucleation |
| 8 |
The Foundations of Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics |
| 9 |
Linear Phenomenological Laws, Onsager Reciprocal Relations and the Symmetry Principle |
| 10 |
Thermoelectric Phenomena, Diffusion, Heat Conduction in Anisotropic Solids |
| 11 |
Electrokinetic Phenomena and the Saxen Relations, Thermal Diffusion |
| 12 |
Far-from-Equilibrium Systems and and General Properties of Entropy Production |
| 13 |
Stability of Nonequilibrium Stationary States and Linear Stability Analysis |
| 14 |
Dissipative Structures |