Thermodynamic Generalization to Interfacial Systems of Einstein Theory of Brownian Motion
Mahmoud A. Melehy
This talk discusses the rationale for accounting in thermodynamics for the particle momentum, associated with thermal motion (thermal momentum). The resulting theory is a field formulation, which has numerous, novel, fundamental theoretical and applied consequences of interdisciplinary nature. The applications include diversified problems that relate to: semiconductor diodes, solar cells, meteorology, and surface and interfacial phenomena. Experimental data related to semiconductor diodes are compared with two theories: one based on classical thermodynamics that ignores the particle thermal momentum and thermodynamics that accounts for that fundamental quantity. The latter theory is in accurate agreement with the experimental results.
