Entropy controlled phase transitions

• Main Author: Sampedro Ruiz, Pablo
• Other Authors: Ni Ran
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Science::Chemistry::Physical chemistry::Colloids; Engineering::Bioengineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/145375
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A fundamental part of the design of new materials lies in the study and control of the phase transitions of solids. This control implies tweaking the free energies of the different phases of the material, in order to stabilize those we are interested in or destabilize those we are not. Although c...