Soft Condensed Matter2026-07-232 minarXiv:2607.21269expressThermal Split: How Uneven Heating Divides a MixtureIn a glass of water, oil gathers into droplets: that's equilibrium separation dictated by chemistry. But there are systems where order arises not from rest but from a constant flow of energy.Nayana Venkatareddy·Jaydeep Mandal·Jayeeta Chattopadhyay·Prabal K. Maitiequipartition theoremsecond law of thermodynamicsJames Clerk MaxwellLudwig BoltzmannRudolf ClausiusentropyPhase transitionheat capacitythermal conductivitymetabolism👍👎☆SimplePopularAdvanced