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SUBMITTER: Sutton C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7793851 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sutton Christopher C Levchenko Sergey V SV
Frontiers in chemistry 20201203
In most applications, functional materials operate at finite temperatures and are in contact with a reservoir of atoms or molecules (gas, liquid, or solid). In order to understand the properties of materials at realistic conditions, statistical effects associated with configurational sampling and particle exchange at finite temperatures must consequently be taken into account. In this contribution, we discuss the main concepts behind equilibrium statistical mechanics. We demonstrate how these co ...[more]