A decade of thermostatted kinetic theory models for complex active matter living systems

C Bianca - Physics of Life Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
In the last decade, the thermostatted kinetic theory has been proposed as a general
paradigm for the modeling of complex systems of the active matter and, in particular, in …

Thermostatted kinetic equations as models for complex systems in physics and life sciences

C Bianca - Physics of Life Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
Statistical mechanics is a powerful method for understanding equilibrium thermodynamics.
An equivalent theoretical framework for nonequilibrium systems has remained elusive. The …

Diffusion in the Lorentz gas

CP Dettmann - Communications in Theoretical Physics, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The Lorentz gas, a point particle making mirror-like reflections from an extended collection of
scatterers, has been a useful model of deterministic diffusion and related statistical …

Mimic therapeutic actions against keloid by thermostatted kinetic theory methods

C Bianca, J Riposo - The European Physical Journal Plus, 2015 - Springer
This paper deals with the modeling of a wound-healing disease under a therapeutic action
by employing the methods of the thermostatted kinetic theory for active particles. In …

Stochastic thermodynamics of a piezoelectric energy harvester model

L Costanzo, A Lo Schiavo, A Sarracino, M Vitelli - Entropy, 2021 - mdpi.com
We experimentally study a piezoelectric energy harvester driven by broadband random
vibrations. We show that a linear model, consisting of an underdamped Langevin equation …

Onset of nonlinearity in thermostatted active particles models for complex systems

C Bianca - Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper is concerned with the derivation of a new discrete general framework of the
kinetic theory, suitable for the modeling of complex systems under the action of an external …

Maximum speed of dissipation

S Das, JR Green - Physical Review E, 2024 - APS
We derive statistical-mechanical speed limits on dissipation from the classical, chaotic
dynamics of many-particle systems. In one, the rate of irreversible entropy production in the …

Qualitative analysis of a discrete thermostatted kinetic framework modeling complex adaptive systems

C Bianca, C Mogno - Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper deals with the derivation of a new discrete thermostatted kinetic framework for the
modeling of complex adaptive systems subjected to external force fields (nonequilibrium …

The equivalence of dissipation from Gibbs' entropy production with phase-volume loss in ergodic heat-conducting oscillators

PK Patra, WG Hoover, CG Hoover… - International Journal of …, 2016 - World Scientific
Gibbs' thermodynamic entropy is given by the logarithm of the phase volume, which itself
responds to heat transfer to and from thermal reservoirs. We compare the thermodynamic …

[HTML][HTML] Thermostatted Kinetic Theory Structures in Biophysics: Generalizations and Perspectives

C Bianca - AppliedMath, 2024 - mdpi.com
The mathematical modeling of multicellular systems is an important branch of biophysics,
which focuses on how the system properties emerge from the elementary interaction …