RF nonlinear interactions in living cells-I: Nonequilibrium thermodynamic theory

2003 ◽  
Vol 24 (7) ◽  
pp. 473-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Quirino Balzano ◽  
Asher Sheppard
2015 ◽  
Vol 05 (03) ◽  
pp. 1550021 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Farsaci ◽  
S. Ficarra ◽  
A. Russo ◽  
A. Galtieri ◽  
E. Tellone

In this paper, we will show the possibility of studying physical properties and irreversible phenomena that occur in blood by applying the dielectric Kluitenberg's nonequilibrium thermodynamic theory. Namely, we shall use some recent extensions of this theory that allow to infer its main characteristic parameters from experimental measures. Applying these results to the study of normal and diabetic blood we show, by comparing them, that it is possible to determine the difference, in some details, of the amount of particular phenomena occurring inside them and give a biological meaning to these phenomena. Moreover, observing a correspondence between a particular value of the frequency for which state coefficients are equal and glucose levels we introduce an alternative diagnostic method to measure the values of the glucose in the blood by determining only this frequency value. The thermodynamic description will be completed by determining the trend of the entropy production.


1993 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 2220-2228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry Bernstein ◽  
Jeffrey T. Fong

Proceedings ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Adrián César Razzitte ◽  
Luciano Enciso ◽  
Marcelo Gun ◽  
María Sol Ruiz

In the present work we applied the nonequilibrium thermodynamic theory in the analysis of the dielectric breakdown (DB) process. As the tree channel front moves, the intense field near the front moves electrons and ions irreversibly in the region beyond the tree channel tips where electromechanical, thermal and chemical effects cause irreversible damage and, from the nonequilibrium thermodynamic viewpoint, entropy production. From the nonequilibrium thermodynamics analysis, the entropy production is due to the product of fluxes Ji and conjugated forces Xi: σ = ∑iJiXi ≥ 0. We consider that the coupling between fluxes can describe the dielectric breakdown in solids as a phenomenon of transport of heat, mass and electric charge.


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