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
