Explores the historical significance of the 1983 CECAM workshop on the free-energy of solids and its impact on developing free-energy methods for hard-core models.
Explores spontaneity in chemical reactions, entropy, and Gibbs free energy, emphasizing the prediction of reaction spontaneity under different conditions.
Delves into the energetic determinants of protein folding, equilibrium constants, and thermodynamic properties of proteins, emphasizing enthalpy, entropy, and heat capacity.