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Thermodynamical properties of triangular quantum wires: entropy, specific heat, and internal energy

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In the present work, thermodynamical properties of a GaAs quantum wire with equilateral triangle cross section are studied. First, the energy levels of the system are obtained by solving the Schrödinger equation. Second, the Tsallis formalism is applied to obtain entropy, internal energy, and specific heat of the system. We have found that the specific heat and entropy have certain physically meaningful values, which mean thermodynamic properties cannot take any continuous value, unlike classical thermodynamics in which they are considered as continuous quantities. Maximum of entropy increases with increasing the wire size. The specific heat is zero at special temperatures. Specific heat decreases with increasing temperature. There are several peaks in specific heat, and these are dependent on quantum wire size.

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Khordad, R. Thermodynamical properties of triangular quantum wires: entropy, specific heat, and internal energy. Continuum Mech. Thermodyn. 28, 947–956 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00161-015-0429-2

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