Generalized Statistical Thermodynamics

Themis Matsoukas is a professor of chemical engineering at Penn State. He has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in chemical thermodynamics for over 20 years and is the author of an undergraduate textbook on the Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (2012, Prentice Hall). His research focuses on nano-colloidal systems and in the application of stochastic methods to  population balance models  He has been recognized with several awards at Penn State, including the George W. Atherton Award for excellence in Teaching and the Outstanding Teaching Award from the Penn State Engineering Society. He received his undergraduate degree from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, and his PhD from the University of Michigan, both in chemical engineering

• Chapter1: Evolution of Ideas on Entropy.- Chapter2: The Cluster Ensemble.- Chapter3: Thermodynamic Limit (ThL).- Chapter4: The Most Probable Distribution in the Continuous Limit.-Chapter5: Phase Transitions – The Giant Cluster.- Chapter6: The Bicomponent Ensemble.- Chapter7: Generalized Thermodynamics.- Chapter8: Irreversible Clustering.- Chapter9: Kinetic Gelation.- Chapter10: Fragmentation and Shattering.