Nanoscale thermodynamics needs the concept of a disjoining chemical potential

Matter behaves differently at the nanoscale. Here, the author introduces the concept of a disjoining chemical potential for nanoscale thermodynamics, showing that thermodynamic functions depend on the environment, and suggests possible experimental verifications.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature Communications
Main Author: W. Dong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-04-01
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36970-7