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Engineering and Technology
Norway
2022

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
57
Citations
11385
World Ranking
2668
National Ranking
13

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Norway Leader Award
  • 1996 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his contribution to the statistical physics and nonequilibrium thermodynamics of surfaces

Overview

Dick Bedeaux is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. Their research primarily focuses on engineering with a significant emphasis on subfields such as biomedical engineering, statistical and nonlinear physics, mechanics of materials, ocean engineering, and materials chemistry.

The main topics of their work cover a range of specialized areas including phase equilibria and thermodynamics, advanced thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, enhanced oil recovery techniques, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions, thermal properties of materials, and material dynamics and properties.

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Kirkwood-Buff integrals: From fluctuations in finite volumes to the thermodynamic limit" (2022), published in The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • "Peltier effects in lithium-ion battery modeling" (2021), published in The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • "Two-Phase Equilibrium Conditions in Nanopores" (2020), published in Nanomaterials
  • "Seebeck, Peltier, and Soret effects: On different formalisms for transport equations in thermogalvanic cells" (2023), published in The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • "Gibbs Ensemble Monte Carlo Simulation of Fluids in Confinement: Relation between the Differential and Integral Pressures" (2020), published in Nanomaterials

Frequent co-authors in their research include Signe Kjelstrup, Olav Galteland, Michael T. Rauter, Sondre K. Schnell, and Eivind Bering.

Bedeaux has contributed to multiple publication venues, with notable appearances in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nanomaterials
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics

They have authored books published by World Scientific, including "Nanothermodynamics" (2023) and "Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics for Engineering Applications" (2024).

In recognition of their contributions, Dick Bedeaux was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1996 with a citation acknowledging their work on the statistical physics and nonequilibrium thermodynamics of surfaces.

Best Publications

  • Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics of Heterogeneous Systems

    Signe Kjelstrup;Dick Bedeaux

  • Boundary conditions and non-equilibrium thermodynamics

    D. Bedeaux;A.M. Albano;P. Mazur

  • Optical Properties of Surfaces

    Dick Bedeaux;Jan Vlieger

  • Kirkwood–Buff Integrals for Finite Volumes

    Peter Krüger;Sondre K. Schnell;Dick Bedeaux;Signe Kjelstrup;Signe Kjelstrup

  • Brownian motion and fluctuating hydrodynamics

    D. Bedeaux;P. Mazur

  • Tail corrections to the surface tension of a Lennard-Jones liquid-vapour interface

    E.M. Blokhuis;D. Bedeaux;C.D. Holcomb;J.A. Zollweg

  • Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics For Engineers

    Signe Kjelstrup;Dick Bedeaux;Eivind Johannessen;Joachim Gross

  • The polarizability of a truncated sphere on a substrate II

    MM Wind;PA Peter Bobbert;J Vlieger;D Bedeaux

  • Nonequilibrium thermodynamics and statistical physics of surfaces

    D. Bedeaux

  • Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics of Heterogeneous Systems. 2nd Edition

    Signe Kjelstrup;Dick Bedeaux

  • BEHAVIOR OF THE DIELECTRIC CONSTANT OF FLUIDS NEAR A CRITICAL POINT

    J.V. Sengers;J.V. Sengers;D. Bedeaux;P. Mazur;S.C. Greer

  • Correlation functions in the capillary wave model of the liquid–vapor interface

    Dick Bedeaux;John D. Weeks

  • Nonequilibrium Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Steady-State Heat and Mass Transport in Condensation.

    A. Røsjorde;D.W. Fossmo;D. Bedeaux;S. Kjelstrup

  • Diffusion Coefficients from Molecular Dynamics Simulations in Binary and Ternary Mixtures

    Xin Liu;Xin Liu;Sondre K. Schnell;Jean-Marc Simon;Peter Krüger;Peter Krüger

  • Calculating thermodynamic properties from fluctuations at small scales.

    Sondre K. Schnell;Xin Liu;Xin Liu;Jean-Marc Simon;André Bardow

  • Pressure tensor of a spherical interface

    Edgar M. Blokhuis;Dick Bedeaux

  • Heat transfer in protein–water interfaces

    Anders Lervik;Anders Lervik;Fernando Bresme;Fernando Bresme;Signe Kjelstrup;Signe Kjelstrup;Dick Bedeaux;Dick Bedeaux

  • On the critical behaviour of the dielectric constant for a nonpolar fluid

    D. Bedeaux;P. Mazur

  • A generalization of faxén's theorem to nonsteady motion of a sphere through a compressible fluid in arbitrary flow

    Unknown

  • Water polarization under thermal gradients.

    Fernando Bresme;Fernando Bresme;Anders Lervik;Anders Lervik;Dick Bedeaux;Dick Bedeaux;Signe Kjelstrup;Signe Kjelstrup

  • A phenomenological theory of the dielectric properties of thin films

    D. Bedeaux;J. Vlieger

  • Slow evaporation and condensation

    D. Bedeaux;L.J.F. Hermans;T. Ytrehus

Frequent Co-Authors

Signe Kjelstrup
Signe Kjelstrup Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Thijs J. H. Vlugt
Thijs J. H. Vlugt Delft University of Technology
André Bardow
André Bardow ETH Zurich
Jan V. Sengers
Jan V. Sengers University of Maryland, College Park
Alex Hansen
Alex Hansen Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Joachim Gross
Joachim Gross University of Münster
May-Britt Hägg
May-Britt Hägg Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Leonard M.C. Sagis
Leonard M.C. Sagis Wageningen University & Research
Fernando Bresme
Fernando Bresme Imperial College London

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