Thermal Physics and Thermal Analysis

1. Local Thermal Analysis by Structural Characterization (TASC)
Mike Reading, Sheng Qi, Muqdad Alhijjaj

2. Sample Controlled Thermal Analysis (SCTA) as a Promising Tool for Kinetic Characterization of Solid-State Reaction and Controlled Material Synthesis
Jose M. Criado, Luis A. Pérez-Maqueda, Nobuyoshi Koga

3. What Is the Physical and Operational Meaning of Temperature and Its Self-Measurability During Unsteady Thermal Processes Within Thermodynamic Concepts?
Miroslav Holeček, Jiří J. Mareš, Jaroslav Šesták, Pavel Hubík

4. What Is Entropy—A Generalized Outlook and Application to Living Systems
F. Maršík, P. Novotný, M. Tomáš

5. Kinetic Phase Diagrams as an Enforced Consequence of Rapid Changing Temperature or Diminishing Particle Size: Thermodynamic Fundamentals and Limits
Jaroslav Šesták

6. Self-organized Periodic Processes: From Macro-layers to Micro-world of Diffusion and Down to the Quantum Aspects of Light
Jaroslav Šesták, Pavel Hubík, Jiří J. Mareš, Jiří Stávek

7. Clapeyron and Ehrenfest Equations and Hyper-free Energy for Partly Open Systems
Pavel Holba, David Sedmidubský

8. Nonstoichiometric Phases—Composition, Properties and Phase Transitions
David Sedmidubský, Pavel Holba

9. How Do Crystals Nucleate and Grow: Ostwald’s Rule of Stages and Beyond
Jürn W. P. Schmelzer, Alexander S. Abyzov

10. Imperfections of Kissinger Evaluation Method and the Explanation of Crystallization Kinetics of Glasses and Melts
Jaroslav Šesták, Pavel Holba

11. Thermo-kinetic Phenomena Occurring in Glasses: Their Formalism and Mutual Relationships
Roman Svoboda, Jiří Málek, Jaroslav Šesták

12. Parameterization and Validation of Thermochemical Models of Glass by Advanced Statistical Analysis of Spectral Data
Jan Macháček, Mária Chromčíková, Marek Liška

13. Equivalence of the Arrhenius and Non-Arrhenian Temperature Functions in the Temperature Range of Measurement and Its Application in Isoconversional Kinetics
Peter Šimon, Tibor Dubaj, Zuzana Cibulková

14. Rationale and Myth of Thermoanalytical Kinetic Patterns: How to Model Reaction Mechanisms by the Euclidean and Fractal Geometry and by Logistic Approach
Jaroslav Šesták, Isak Avramov

15. The Role of Heat Transfer and Analysis Ensuing Heat Inertia in Thermal Measurements and Its Impact to Nonisothermal Kinetics
Pavel Holba, Jaroslav Šesták

16. Thermal Gradients in Thermal Analysis Experiments
Jordi Farjas, Daniel Sánchez-Rodriguez, Hichem Eloussifi, Pere Roura

17. The Physical Kinetics of Reversible Thermal Decomposition
J. Czarnecki, J. Šesták

18. Thermodynamic Equilibria in Systems with Nanoparticles
Jindřich Leitner, David Sedmidubský

19. Physico-chemical Analysis of Ceramic Material Systems: From Macro- to Nanostate
Vladimir Ya. Shevchenko

20. Thermal Insulation and Porosity—From Macro- to Nanoscale
Dana Křemenáková, Jiří Militký, Mohanapriya Venkataraman, Rajesh Mishra

21. Biomaterials and Nanotechnology Approach to Medical Enhancement
Tomáš Kovářík, Tomáš Křenek, Petr Bělský, Jaroslav Šesták

22. Thermal Analysis Scheme Anticipated for Better Understanding of the Earth Climate Changes: Impact of Irradiation, Absorbability, Atmosphere, and Nanoparticles
Jaroslav Šesták, Pavel Hubík, Jiří J. Mareš

23. Thermodynamics and Economics
Jürgen Mimkes

24. On the Mathematical Structure of Physical Quantities
Jiří J. Mareš, Pavel Hubík, Václav Špička

25. Professional Value of Scientific Papers and Their Citation Responding
Jaroslav Fiala, Jaroslav Šesták

Keywords: Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials, Thermodynamics