Advances in nonequilibrium thermodynamics of the systems under electromagnetic radiation

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Contents

Introduction

• From Carnot to Landau, Prigogine and Weinstein (1824-1960)…….6
• References …….12

Chapter 1

Luminescent systems

• 1.1.General consideration with due regard for the entropy of exciting electromagnetic radiation.
• 1.2. The Landau -Weinstein surface……..17
• 1.3. Electroluminescence in variable fields……………20
• 1.4. Photoluminescence……….23
• 1.5. Optical cooling………………27
• 1.6. The entropy generation rate in luminescence……..30
• 1.7. The W. Wien prediction……………………………………31
• References…………………………………………33

Chapter 2

The solar cell efficiency

• 2.1. Thermodynamic consideration……………………….39
• 2.1. Correlation between the theory and References. experiment…….43
• References………………………..46

Chapter 3

The photochemical reactions

• 3.1. The efficiency of photochemical reactions………………………………………48
• 6.3. Thermodynamic limit efficiency……………………………52
• 6.4. Wien region and the Rayleigh-Jeans region…………..56
• 3.4. The zero boundary of endergonic processes…………60
• 3.5. The minimum of the Helmholtz free energy…….63
• 3.6. The entropy generation rate…………………………..64
• References……………………………………….68

Chapter 4

Isothermal biological processes in Wien region

• 4.1. Human vision…………………………….71
• 4.2. The plant photosynthesis…………….76
• 4.3. Protozoa photomovement…………..80
• 4.4. Energetic and informational interactions. Isothermal and nonthermal processes…………………..82
• References………………………………………………………85

Chapter 5

Isothermal biological processes in Rayleigh-Jeans region

• 5.1. The microwave bioeffects history………………………88
• 5.2. Thermodynamic consideration…………………………91
• 5.3. Reasons of poor replicability……………………………94
• References.

Chapter 6

Medical aspects

• 6.1. Two scientific paradigms of hygienic standardization of electromagnetic radiation….101
• 6.2. Saratov phenomenon….104
• 6.3.Melatonin synthesis and Cheshire cat phenomenon.107
• 6.4. References……………………..111
• Conclusion……………………….114