Measuring the Entropy of a Double Quantum Dot
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A new method for measuring the entropy of a double quantum dot is discussed, with commenters questioning the implications and potential redefinition of 'entropy' in such small systems.
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Does this not call for “entropy” to be redefined as “the distribution of potential over negative potential (manifold surface area)”?
Does this not support the growing movement that entropy is not a footnote of thermodynamics, rather thermodynamics is a footnote of entropy?
Heat is only the ultimate exhaust of all work, and all existence generates work through interaction (interference.)
Entropy is the distribution of potential over the surface area of negative potential.