Topical Issue on Thermal Non-Equilibrium Phenomena in Soft Matter

Non-thermal Phenomena in Galaxy Clusters

The recent evidences of the presence of magnetic fields and relativistic particles in galaxy clusters are reviewed. The existence of μG-level magnetic fields in cluster atmospheres appears well established from the detection of diffuse radio emission and from studies of Rotation Measure. The fact that the diffuse radio emission is not common in clusters favours the hypothesis that the populatio...

Particle-Dynamics Approach to Non-Equilibrium Phenomena

A particle-dynamics simulation is a tool for investigating nonequilibrium phenomena accompanied with hydrodynamic, thermodynamic motions, and even with phase transitions. In this article, several applications of the particledynamics simulation and a new computational method of particle dynamics are reported.

Relaxation phenomena during non-equilibrium growth

Non-equilibrium Thermal Effects in Power Transistors

This work addresses electro-thermal simulation of LDMOS devices and associated non-equilibrium effects. Simulations have been performed on three kinds of LDMOS i.e. bulk Si, partial SOI and SOI, with a view to compare the extent of non-equilibrium in each. Phonon temperature contours and electron energies were analyzed in each case. The results indicate that, under similar operating conditions,...

Thermal non-equilibrium transport in colloids