Covers the fundamentals of classical physics, emphasizing energy transformations in systems through gas laws, work, heat, and the laws of thermodynamics.
Explores the thermodynamics of polymer blends, phase diagrams, miscible blends, phase segregation, block copolymers, and applications in thermoplastic elastomers and nanotechnology.
Delves into the historical motivations behind the second law of thermodynamics, emphasizing limitations in heat-to-work conversion and the inevitability of irreversible processes.