"Thermodynamics" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A rigorously mathematical analysis of energy relationships (heat, work, temperature, and equilibrium). It describes systems whose states are determined by thermal parameters, such as temperature, in addition to mechanical and electromagnetic parameters. (From Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 12th ed)
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D013816
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G01.906
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Thermodynamics" by people in this website by year, and whether "Thermodynamics" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1996 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 1997 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1998 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1999 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2000 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2001 | 1 | 15 | 16 |
| 2002 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2003 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2004 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2005 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 2006 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| 2007 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2008 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2010 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2011 | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| 2012 | 1 | 15 | 16 |
| 2013 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2014 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2015 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2016 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2017 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2018 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2019 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2020 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thermodynamics" by people in Profiles.
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Accurate Physics-Based Prediction of Binding Affinities of RNA- and DNA-Targeting Ligands. J Chem Inf Model. 2025 Feb 10; 65(3):1392-1403.
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Collapse and Protein Folding: Should We Be Surprised That Biothermodynamics Works So Well? Annu Rev Biophys. 2025 May; 54(1):17-34.
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Analysis of the Dynamics of a Complex, Multipathway Reaction: Insulin Dimer Dissociation. J Phys Chem B. 2024 Dec 26; 128(51):12728-12740.
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A Method for Treating Significant Conformational Changes in Alchemical Free Energy Simulations of Protein-Ligand Binding. J Chem Theory Comput. 2024 Oct 08; 20(19):8609-8623.
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Efficient determination of critical water activity and classification of hydrate-anhydrate stability relationship. J Pharm Sci. 2025 Jan; 114(1):127-135.
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HDX-MS finds that partial unfolding with sequential domain activation controls condensation of a cellular stress marker. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Mar 26; 121(13):e2321606121.
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Closed ecosystems extract energy through self-organized nutrient cycles. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Dec 26; 120(52):e2309387120.
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Structural and thermodynamic framework for PIEZO1 modulation by small molecules. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 Dec 12; 120(50):e2310933120.
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Ion channel thermodynamics studied with temperature jumps measured at the cell membrane. Biophys J. 2023 02 21; 122(4):661-671.
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Thermodynamic Control of Activity Patterns in Cytoskeletal Networks. Phys Rev Lett. 2022 Sep 16; 129(12):128002.