Nonequilibrium fluctuations in small systems: From physics to biology
By Felix Ritort. 2007
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In this paper I am presenting an overview on several topics related to nonequilibrium fluctuations in small systems. I start with a general discussion about fluctuation theorems and applications to physical examples extracted from physics and biology: a bead in an optical trap and single molecule force experiments. Next I present a general discussion on path thermodynamics and consider distributions of work/heat fluctuations as large deviation functions. Then I address the topic of glassy dynamics from the perspective of nonequilibrium fluctuations due to small cooperatively rearranging regions. Finally, I conclude with a brief digression on future perspectives.
Subfields: Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Chemistry, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
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In Condensed Matter Physics
In Materials Chemistry
In Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- U. Seifert
- Andrea Puglisi
- Angelo Vulpiani
- Felix Ritort
- Alessandro Sarracino
- Ivan Junier
- Massimiliano Esposito
- P. Hänggi
Citations in the corpus
- Experimental free-energy measurements of kinetic molecular states using fluctuation theorems (2012, background): “Recent advances in non-equilibrium statistical mechanics and single-molecule technologies have made it possible to use irreversible work measurements to extract free-energy differences associated with the mechanical (un)folding of molecules.”
- Stochastic thermodynamics, fluctuation theorems and molecular machines (2012, background): “Ritort has written a review on the role of nonequilibrium fluctuations in small systems with special emphasis on the applications to biomolecular systems [34].”
- Temperature in and out of equilibrium: A review of concepts, tools and attempts (2017, background): “This ‘‘middle world’’ includes several interesting topics, such as macromolecules (DNA, proteins and molecular motors) [59], colloidal suspensions [60], granular media [61] and active matter [62], just to name a few.”