Theory lab
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Expertise
The research of our group focuses on nonequilibrium statistical physics. We deal mostly with a theoretical foundation for this theory, but also make the connection with applications in physics, biology and nano-technology. We have worked on work and fluctuation theorems (both for classical and quantum systems), microscopic theories for entropy production, thermodynamic efficiency at maximum power, stochastic thermodynamics, Brownian motors and refrigerators, electrochemical and electro-optical nano-devices, knots in macromolecules, non-equilibrium phase transitions and collective behaviour on networks.
Keywords
COMPLEXITY, CRITICAL BEHAVIOUR, NETWORKS, NONEQUILIBRIUM, POLYMER TOPOLOGY, STATISTICAL PHYSICS, STOCHASTIC PROCESSES, THEORETICAL BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS
Responsible
Bart CLEUREN
Staff members
- Rafal AL-TEKREETI
- Geert Jan BEX
- Jothi BLONTROCK
- Bart CLEUREN
- Deepak GUPTA
- Dries HEYLEN
- Jef HOOYBERGHS
- Stefan KNIPPENBERG
- Brittany MUELLER
- Pieter-Jan PICCARD
- Fernando SILVA FILHO
- Yannick STULENS
- Rebekka VAN HOOF
- Gijs VANOPPEN
- Bart WIJNS