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The 16 pages that link to Free energy, each with the reason it gives.

• EntropyRelated: Free-energy changes combine energy and entropy to predict process favorability.

• NucleationNarrower topic: The free-energy change with cluster size sets the nucleation barrier.

• Thermodynamic equilibriumRelated: At fixed temperature and volume, equilibrium minimizes Helmholtz free energy.

• Second law of thermodynamicsRelated: Free-energy decrease expresses the law's predictions for many processes in contact with a reservoir.

• Internal energyCompared with: Unlike internal energy, free energy accounts for entropy and environmental constraints.

• WettingNarrower topic: Equilibrium wetting minimizes the relevant free energy of the interfaces.

• Crystal polymorphismRelated: Relative free energies help determine which polymorph is stable at a given temperature and pressure.

• Order parameterRelated: The stable order parameter minimizes the appropriate free energy.

• Molecular recognitionRelated: Binding free-energy calculations aim to explain and predict which molecular partners associate favorably.

• Metastable stateRelated: Its landscape identifies the lower-free-energy states that metastable states have not yet reached.

• Molecular machineNarrower topic: Free-energy changes determine whether machine cycles can proceed and do useful work.

• Heat death of the universeRelated: Heat death concerns the exhaustion of usable energy, not the disappearance of energy itself.

• Molecular self-assemblyRelated: The balance of enthalpy and entropy determines which assembled state is favored.

• PhaseNarrower topic: Stable phases minimize the appropriate free energy under their conditions.

• History of thermodynamicsRelated: Free-energy concepts translated thermodynamic laws into practical criteria for work and spontaneous change.

• Mean-field and cluster methodsRelated: Variational cluster methods approximate free energy and select the best trial description.