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Polo-Gómez J. Thermodynamic bound on quantum state discrimination. Phys Rev E 2024; 109:014119. [PMID: 38366527 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.109.014119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2024]
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We show that the second law of thermodynamics poses a restriction on how well we can discriminate between quantum states. By examining an ideal gas with a quantum internal degree of freedom undergoing a cycle based on a proposal by Peres, we establish a nontrivial upper bound on the attainable accuracy of quantum state discrimination. This thermodynamic bound, which relies solely on the linearity of quantum mechanics and the constraint of no work extraction, matches Holevo's bound on accessible information, but is looser than the Holevo-Helstrom bound. The result gives more evidence on the disagreement between thermodynamic entropy and von Neumann entropy and places potential limitations on proposals beyond quantum mechanics.
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- José Polo-Gómez
- Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1; Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1; and Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 2Y5
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Jiao Y, Zeng C, Luo Y. Roughness induced current reversal in fractional hydrodynamic memory. CHAOS (WOODBURY, N.Y.) 2023; 33:093140. [PMID: 37748483 DOI: 10.1063/5.0164625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 09/07/2023] [Indexed: 09/27/2023]
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The existence of a corrugated surface is of great importance and ubiquity in biological systems, exhibiting diverse dynamic behaviors. However, it has remained unclear whether such rough surface leads to the current reversal in fractional hydrodynamic memory. We investigate the transport of a particle within a rough potential under external forces in a subdiffusive media with fractional hydrodynamic memory. The results demonstrate that roughness induces current reversal and a transition from no transport to transport. These phenomena are analyzed through the subdiffusion, Peclet number, useful work, input power, and thermodynamic efficiency. The analysis reveals that transport results from energy conversion, wherein time-dependent periodic force is partially converted into mechanical energy to drive transport against load, and partially dissipated through environmental absorption. In addition, the findings indicate that the size and shape of ratchet tune the occurrence and disappearance of the current reversal, and control the number of times of the current reversal occurring. Furthermore, we find that temperature, friction, and load tune transport, resonant-like activity, and enhanced stability of the system, as evidenced by thermodynamic efficiency. These findings may have implications for understanding dynamics in biological systems and may be relevant for applications involving molecular devices for particle separation at the mesoscopic scale.
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- Yuanyuan Jiao
- Faculty of Science, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
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- Faculty of Science, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
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- School of Physics and Information Engineering, Zhaotong University, Zhaotong 657000, China
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Ruiz-Pino N, Villarrubia-Moreno D, Prados A, Cao-García FJ. Information in feedback ratchets. Phys Rev E 2023; 108:034112. [PMID: 37849167 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.108.034112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023]
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Feedback control uses the state information of the system to actuate on it. The information used implies an effective entropy reduction of the controlled system, potentially increasing its performance. How to compute this entropy reduction has been formally shown for a general system and has been explicitly computed for spatially discrete systems. Here, we address a relevant example of how to compute the entropy reduction by information in a spatially continuous feedback-controlled system. Specifically, we consider a feedback flashing ratchet, which constitutes a paradigmatic example for the role of information and feedback in the dynamics and thermodynamics of transport induced by the rectification of Brownian motion. A Brownian particle moves in a periodic potential that is switched on and off by a controller. The controller measures the position of the particle at regular intervals and performs the switching depending on the result of the measurement. This system reaches a long-time dynamical regime with a nonzero mean particle velocity, even for a symmetric potential. Here, we calculate the efficiency at maximum power in this long-time regime, computing all the required contributions. We show how the entropy reduction can be evaluated from the entropy of the non-Markovian sequence of control actions, and we also discuss the required sampling effort for its accurate computation. Moreover, the output power developed by the particle against an external force is investigated, which-for some values of the system parameters-is shown to become larger than the input power provided by the switching of the potential. The apparent efficiency of the ratchet thus becomes higher than one, if the entropy reduction contribution is not considered. This result highlights the relevance of including the entropy reduction by information in the thermodynamic balance of feedback-controlled devices, specifically when writing the second principle. The inclusion of the entropy reduction by information leads to a well-behaved efficiency over all the range of parameters investigated.
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- Natalia Ruiz-Pino
- Física Teórica, Apartado de Correos 1065, Universidad de Sevilla, E-41080 Sevilla, Spain
- Departamento Estructura de la Materia, Física Térmica y Electrónica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza de Ciencias, 1, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento Estructura de la Materia, Física Térmica y Electrónica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza de Ciencias, 1, 28040 Madrid, Spain
- Departamento de Matemáticas & Grupo Interdisciplinar de Sistemas Complejos (GISC), Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Avenida Universidad 30, 28911 Leganés, Spain
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- Física Teórica, Apartado de Correos 1065, Universidad de Sevilla, E-41080 Sevilla, Spain
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- Departamento Estructura de la Materia, Física Térmica y Electrónica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza de Ciencias, 1, 28040 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia, IMDEA Nanociencia, Calle Faraday, 9, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Shen Y, Weitz DA, Forde NR, Shayegan M. Line optical tweezers as controllable micromachines: techniques and emerging trends. SOFT MATTER 2022; 18:5359-5365. [PMID: 35819100 DOI: 10.1039/d2sm00259k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In the past three decades, the technology of optical tweezers has made significant contributions in various scientific areas, including optics, photonics, and nanosciences. Breakthroughs include manipulating particles in both static and dynamic ways, particle sorting, and constructing controllable micromachines. Advances in shaping and controlling the laser beam profile enable control over the position and location of the trap, which has many possible applications. A line optical tweezer (LOT) can be created by rapidly moving a spot optical tweezer using a tool such as a galvanometer mirror or an acousto-optic modulator. By manipulating the intensity profile along the beam line to be asymmetric or non-uniform, the technique can be adapted to various specific applications. Among the many exciting applications of line optical tweezers, in this work, we discuss in detail applications of LOT, including probing colloidal interactions, transporting and sorting of colloidal microspheres, self-propelled motions, trapping anisotropic particles, exploring colloidal interactions at fluid-fluid interfaces, and building optical thermal ratchets. We further discuss prospective applications in each of these areas of soft matter, including polymeric and biological soft materials.
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- Yinan Shen
- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
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- Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
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- John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
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Feedback-controlled dynamics of neuronal cells on directional surfaces. Biophys J 2022; 121:769-781. [PMID: 35101418 PMCID: PMC8943704 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2021] [Revised: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The formation of neuronal networks is a complex phenomenon of fundamental importance for understanding the development of the nervous system. The basic process underlying the network formation is axonal growth, a process involving the extension of axons from the cell body and axonal navigation toward target neurons. Axonal growth is guided by the interactions between the tip of the axon (growth cone) and its extracellular environmental cues, which include intercellular interactions, the biochemical landscape around the neuron, and the mechanical and geometrical features of the growth substrate. Here, we present a comprehensive experimental and theoretical analysis of axonal growth for neurons cultured on micropatterned polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) surfaces. We demonstrate that closed-loop feedback is an essential component of axonal dynamics on these surfaces: the growth cone continuously measures environmental cues and adjusts its motion in response to external geometrical features. We show that this model captures all the characteristics of axonal dynamics on PDMS surfaces for both untreated and chemically modified neurons. We combine experimental data with theoretical analysis to measure key parameters that describe axonal dynamics: diffusion (cell motility) coefficients, speed and angular distributions, and cell-substrate interactions. The experiments performed on neurons treated with Taxol (inhibitor of microtubule dynamics) and Y-27632 (disruptor of actin filaments) indicate that the internal dynamics of microtubules and actin filaments plays a critical role for the proper function of the feedback mechanism. Our results demonstrate that axons follow geometrical patterns through a contact-guidance mechanism, in which high-curvature geometrical features impart high traction forces to the growth cone. These results have important implications for our fundamental understanding of axonal growth as well as for bioengineering novel substrate to guide neuronal growth and promote nerve repair.
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Wen T, Koonin EV, Cheong KH. An alternating active-dormitive strategy enables disadvantaged prey to outcompete the perennially active prey through Parrondo's paradox. BMC Biol 2021; 19:168. [PMID: 34425802 PMCID: PMC8383410 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-021-01097-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Dormancy is widespread in nature, but while it can be an effective adaptive strategy in fluctuating environments, the dormant forms are costly due to the inability to breed and the relatively high energy consumption. We explore mathematical models of predator-prey systems, in order to assess whether dormancy can be an effective adaptive strategy to outcompete perennially active (PA) prey, even when both forms of the dormitive prey (active and dormant) are individually disadvantaged. RESULTS We develop a dynamic population model by introducing an additional dormitive prey population to the existing predator-prey model which can be active (active form) and enter dormancy (dormant form). In this model, both forms of the dormitive prey are individually at a disadvantage compared to the PA prey and thus would go extinct due to their low growth rate, energy waste on the production of dormant prey, and the inability of the latter to grow autonomously. However, the dormitive prey can paradoxically outcompete the PA prey with superior traits and even cause its extinction by alternating between the two losing strategies. We observed higher fitness of the dormitive prey in rich environments because a large predator population in a rich environment cannot be supported by the prey without adopting an evasive strategy, that is, dormancy. In such environments, populations experience large-scale fluctuations, which can be survived by dormitive but not by PA prey. CONCLUSION We show that dormancy can be an effective adaptive strategy to outcompete superior prey, recapitulating the game-theoretic Parrondo's paradox, where two losing strategies combine to achieve a winning outcome. We suggest that the species with the ability to switch between the active and dormant forms can dominate communities via competitive exclusion.
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- Tao Wen
- Science, Mathematics and Technology Cluster, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), 8 Somapah Road, S487372, Singapore, Singapore
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20894, USA
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- Science, Mathematics and Technology Cluster, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), 8 Somapah Road, S487372, Singapore, Singapore.
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Dinis L, Parrondo JMR. Extracting Work Optimally with Imprecise Measurements. ENTROPY 2020; 23:e23010008. [PMID: 33374517 PMCID: PMC7822207 DOI: 10.3390/e23010008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Revised: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 12/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Measurement and feedback allows for an external agent to extract work from a system in contact with a single thermal bath. The maximum amount of work that can be extracted in a single measurement and the corresponding feedback loop is given by the information that is acquired via the measurement, a result that manifests the close relation between information theory and stochastic thermodynamics. In this paper, we show how to reversibly confine a Brownian particle in an optical tweezer potential and then extract the corresponding increase of the free energy as work. By repeatedly tracking the position of the particle and modifying the potential accordingly, we can extract work optimally, even with a high degree of inaccuracy in the measurements.
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- Luis Dinis
- Grupo Interdisciplinar de Sistemas Complejos, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, 28040 Madrid, Spain;
- Departamento de Estructura de la Materia, Física Térmica y Electrónica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
- Correspondence:
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- Grupo Interdisciplinar de Sistemas Complejos, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, 28040 Madrid, Spain;
- Departamento de Estructura de la Materia, Física Térmica y Electrónica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Koh JM, Cheong KH. Generalized Solutions of Parrondo's Games. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2020; 7:2001126. [PMID: 33344113 PMCID: PMC7740106 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202001126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2020] [Revised: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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In game theory, Parrondo's paradox describes the possibility of achieving winning outcomes by alternating between losing strategies. The framework had been conceptualized from a physical phenomenon termed flashing Brownian ratchets, but has since been useful in understanding a broad range of phenomena in the physical and life sciences, including the behavior of ecological systems and evolutionary trends. A minimal representation of the paradox is that of a pair of games played in random order; unfortunately, closed-form solutions general in all parameters remain elusive. Here, we present explicit solutions for capital statistics and outcome conditions for a generalized game pair. The methodology is general and can be applied to the development of analytical methods across ratchet-type models, and of Parrondo's paradox in general, which have wide-ranging applications across physical and biological systems.
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- Jin Ming Koh
- Science, Mathematics and Technology ClusterSingapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)8 Somapah RdSingaporeS487372Singapore
- California Institute of TechnologyPasadenaCA91125USA
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- Science, Mathematics and Technology ClusterSingapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)8 Somapah RdSingaporeS487372Singapore
- SUTD‐Massachusetts Institute of Technology International Design Centre8 Somapah RdSingaporeS487372Singapore
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Rupprecht N, Vural DC. Predictive Maxwell's demons. Phys Rev E 2020; 102:062145. [PMID: 33465975 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.102.062145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Here we study the operation efficiency of a finite-size finite-response-time Maxwell's demon, who can make future predictions. We compare the heat and mass transport rate of predictive demons to nonpredictive ones and find that predictive demons can achieve higher mass and heat transport rates over longer periods of time. We determine how the demon performance varies with response time, future sight, and the density of the gasses on which they operate.
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Lau B, Kedem O. Electron ratchets: State of the field and future challenges. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:200901. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0009561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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- Bryan Lau
- Center for Computational Quantum Physics, Flatiron Institute, 162 5th Avenue, New York, New York 10010, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233, USA
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Tan Z, Koh JM, Koonin EV, Cheong KH. Predator Dormancy is a Stable Adaptive Strategy due to Parrondo's Paradox. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2020; 7:1901559. [PMID: 32042555 PMCID: PMC7001654 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201901559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2019] [Revised: 08/09/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Many predators produce dormant offspring to escape harsh environmental conditions, but the evolutionary stability of this adaptation has not been fully explored. Like seed banks in plants, dormancy provides a stable competitive advantage when seasonal variations occur, because the persistence of dormant forms under harsh conditions compensates for the increased cost of producing dormant offspring. However, dormancy also exists in environments with minimal abiotic variation-an observation not accounted for by existing theory. Here it is demonstrated that dormancy can out-compete perennial activity under conditions of extensive prey density fluctuation caused by overpredation. It is shown that at a critical level of prey density fluctuations, dormancy becomes an evolutionarily stable strategy. This is interpreted as a manifestation of Parrondo's paradox: although neither the active nor dormant forms of a dormancy-capable predator can individually out-compete a perennially active predator, alternating between these two losing strategies can paradoxically result in a winning strategy. Parrondo's paradox may thus explain the widespread success of quiescent behavioral strategies such as dormancy, suggesting that dormancy emerges as a natural evolutionary response to the self-destructive tendencies of overpredation and related biological phenomena.
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- Zhi‐Xuan Tan
- Science and Math ClusterSingapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)SingaporeS487372Singapore
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- Science and Math ClusterSingapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)SingaporeS487372Singapore
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- National Center for Biotechnology InformationNational Library of MedicineNational Institutes of HealthBethesdaMD20894USA
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- Science and Math ClusterSingapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)SingaporeS487372Singapore
- SUTD‐Massachusetts Institute of Technology International Design CentreSingaporeS487372Singapore
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Rupprecht N, Vural DC. Maxwell's Demons with Finite Size and Response Time. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 123:080603. [PMID: 31491195 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.080603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2019] [Revised: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Nearly all theoretical analyses of Maxwell's demon focus on its energetic and entropic costs of operation. Here, we focus on its rate of operation. In our model, a demon's rate limitation stems from its finite response time and gate area. We determine the rate limits of mass and energy transfer, as well as entropic reduction for four such demons: those that select particles according to (1) direction, (2) energy, (3) number, and (4) entropy. Last, we determine the optimal gate size for a demon with small, finite response time, and compare our predictions with molecular dynamics simulations with both ideal and nonideal gasses. Also, we study the conditions under which the demons are able to move both energy and particles in the chosen direction when attempting to only move one.
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- Nathaniel Rupprecht
- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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Boyd AB, Mandal D, Crutchfield JP. Correlation-powered information engines and the thermodynamics of self-correction. Phys Rev E 2017; 95:012152. [PMID: 28208508 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.95.012152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2016] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Information engines can use structured environments as a resource to generate work by randomizing ordered inputs and leveraging the increased Shannon entropy to transfer energy from a thermal reservoir to a work reservoir. We give a broadly applicable expression for the work production of an information engine, generally modeled as a memoryful channel that communicates inputs to outputs as it interacts with an evolving environment. The expression establishes that an information engine must have more than one memory state in order to leverage input environment correlations. To emphasize this functioning, we designed an information engine powered solely by temporal correlations and not by statistical biases, as employed by previous engines. Key to this is the engine's ability to synchronize-the engine automatically returns to a desired dynamical phase when thrown into an unwanted, dissipative phase by corruptions in the input-that is, by unanticipated environmental fluctuations. This self-correcting mechanism is robust up to a critical level of corruption, beyond which the system fails to act as an engine. We give explicit analytical expressions for both work and critical corruption level and summarize engine performance via a thermodynamic-function phase diagram over engine control parameters. The results reveal a thermodynamic mechanism based on nonergodicity that underlies error correction as it operates to support resilient engineered and biological systems.
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- Alexander B Boyd
- Complexity Sciences Center and Physics Department, University of California at Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Complexity Sciences Center and Physics Department, University of California at Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Martínez IA, Roldán É, Dinis L, Rica RA. Colloidal heat engines: a review. SOFT MATTER 2016; 13:22-36. [PMID: 27477856 DOI: 10.1039/c6sm00923a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Stochastic heat engines can be built using colloidal particles trapped using optical tweezers. Here we review recent experimental realizations of microscopic heat engines. We first revisit the theoretical framework of stochastic thermodynamics that allows to describe the fluctuating behavior of the energy fluxes that occur at mesoscopic scales, and then discuss recent implementations of the colloidal equivalents to the macroscopic Stirling, Carnot and steam engines. These small-scale motors exhibit unique features in terms of power and efficiency fluctuations that have no equivalent in the macroscopic world. We also consider a second pathway for work extraction from colloidal engines operating between active bacterial reservoirs at different temperatures, which could significantly boost the performance of passive heat engines at the mesoscale. Finally, we provide some guidance on how the work extracted from colloidal heat engines can be used to generate net particle or energy currents, proposing a new generation of experiments with colloidal systems.
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- Ignacio A Martínez
- Laboratoire de Physique, École Normale Supérieure, CNRS UMR5672, 46 Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon, France
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- Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Nöthnitzer strasse 38, 01187 Dresden, Germany and GISC - Grupo Interdisciplinar de Sistemas Complejos, Madrid, Spain
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- GISC - Grupo Interdisciplinar de Sistemas Complejos, Madrid, Spain and Departamento de Fisica Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad Complutense Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- ICFO - Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain.
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Tierno P, Shaebani MR. Enhanced diffusion and anomalous transport of magnetic colloids driven above a two-state flashing potential. SOFT MATTER 2016; 12:3398-3405. [PMID: 26936328 DOI: 10.1039/c6sm00237d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We combine experiments and theory to investigate the diffusive and the subdiffusive dynamics of paramagnetic colloids driven above a two-state flashing potential. The magnetic potential was realized by periodically modulating the stray field of a magnetic bubble lattice in a uniaxial ferrite garnet film. At large amplitudes H0 of the driving field, the dynamics of the particle resemble an ordinary random walk with a frequency-dependent diffusion coefficient. However, subdiffusive and oscillatory dynamics at short time scales are observed when decreasing H0. We present a persistent random walk model to elucidate the underlying mechanism of motion, and perform numerical simulations to demonstrate that the anomalous motion originates from the dynamic disorder in the structure of the magnetic lattice, induced by the slightly irregular shape of bubbles.
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- Pietro Tierno
- Departament d'Estructura i Constituents de la Matèria, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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Hoffmann PM. How molecular motors extract order from chaos (a key issues review). REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS. PHYSICAL SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN) 2016; 79:032601. [PMID: 26863000 DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/79/3/032601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Molecular motors are the workhorses of living cells. Seemingly by 'magic', these molecules are able to complete purposeful tasks while being immersed in a sea of thermal chaos. Here, we review the current understanding of how these machines work, present simple models based on thermal ratchets, discuss implications for statistical physics, and provide an overview of ongoing research in this important and fascinating field of study.
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- Peter M Hoffmann
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Wayne State University, 666 W Hancock, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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Jarillo J, Tangarife T, Cao FJ. Efficiency at maximum power of a discrete feedback ratchet. Phys Rev E 2016; 93:012142. [PMID: 26871058 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.93.012142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Efficiency at maximum power is found to be of the same order for a feedback ratchet and for its open-loop counterpart. However, feedback increases the output power up to a factor of five. This increase in output power is due to the increase in energy input and the effective entropy reduction obtained as a consequence of feedback. Optimal efficiency at maximum power is reached for time intervals between feedback actions two orders of magnitude smaller than the characteristic time of diffusion over a ratchet period length. The efficiency is computed consistently taking into account the correlation between the control actions. We consider a feedback control protocol for a discrete feedback flashing ratchet, which works against an external load. We maximize the power output optimizing the parameters of the ratchet, the controller, and the external load. The maximum power output is found to be upper bounded, so the attainable extracted power is limited. After, we compute an upper bound for the efficiency of this isothermal feedback ratchet at maximum power output. We make this computation applying recent developments of the thermodynamics of feedback-controlled systems, which give an equation to compute the entropy reduction due to information. However, this equation requires the computation of the probability of each of the possible sequences of the controller's actions. This computation becomes involved when the sequence of the controller's actions is non-Markovian, as is the case in most feedback ratchets. We here introduce an alternative procedure to set strong bounds to the entropy reduction in order to compute its value. In this procedure the bounds are evaluated in a quasi-Markovian limit, which emerge when there are big differences between the stationary probabilities of the system states. These big differences are an effect of the potential strength, which minimizes the departures from the Markovianicity of the sequence of control actions, allowing also to minimize the departures from the optimal performance of the system. This procedure can be applied to other feedback ratchets and, more in general, to other control systems.
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- Javier Jarillo
- Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Avenida Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratoire de Physique de l'ENS Lyon, CNRS UMR 5672 46, allée d'Italie, 69007 Lyon, France
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- Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Avenida Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Maitland M, Grosskinsky S, Harris RJ. Large deviation analysis of a simple information engine. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2015; 92:052136. [PMID: 26651675 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.92.052136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Information thermodynamics provides a framework for studying the effect of feedback loops on entropy production. It has enabled the understanding of novel thermodynamic systems such as the information engine, which can be seen as a modern version of "Maxwell's Dæmon," whereby a feedback controller processes information gained by measurements in order to extract work. Here, we analyze a simple model of such an engine that uses feedback control based on measurements to obtain negative entropy production. We focus on the distribution and fluctuations of the information obtained by the feedback controller. Significantly, our model allows an analytic treatment for a two-state system with exact calculation of the large deviation rate function. These results suggest an approximate technique for larger systems, which is corroborated by simulation data.
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- Michael Maitland
- Centre for Complexity Science, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Complexity Science, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom
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Gernert R, Klapp SHL. Enhancement of mobility in an interacting colloidal system under feedback control. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2015; 92:022132. [PMID: 26382369 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.92.022132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Feedback control schemes are a promising way to manipulate transport properties of driven colloidal suspensions. In the present article, we suggest a feedback scheme to enhance the collective transport of colloidal particles with repulsive interactions through a one-dimensional tilted washboard potential. The control is modeled by a harmonic confining potential, mimicking an optical "trap," with the center of this trap moving with the (instantaneous) mean particle position. Our theoretical analysis is based on the Smoluchowski equation combined with dynamical density functional theory for systems with hard-core or ultrasoft (Gaussian) interactions. For either type of interaction, we find that the feedback control can lead to an enhancement of the mobility by several orders of magnitude relative to the uncontrolled case. The largest effects occur for intermediate stiffness of the trap and large particle numbers. Moreover, in some regions of the parameter space the feedback control induces oscillations of the mean velocity. Finally, we show that the enhancement of mobility is robust against a small time delay in implementing the feedback control.
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- Robert Gernert
- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Sekr. EW 7-1, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstrasse 36, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Sekr. EW 7-1, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstrasse 36, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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Morin JA, Cao FJ, Lázaro JM, Arias-Gonzalez JR, Valpuesta JM, Carrascosa JL, Salas M, Ibarra B. Mechano-chemical kinetics of DNA replication: identification of the translocation step of a replicative DNA polymerase. Nucleic Acids Res 2015; 43:3643-52. [PMID: 25800740 PMCID: PMC4402526 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2014] [Revised: 02/14/2015] [Accepted: 02/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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During DNA replication replicative polymerases move in discrete mechanical steps along the DNA template. To address how the chemical cycle is coupled to mechanical motion of the enzyme, here we use optical tweezers to study the translocation mechanism of individual bacteriophage Phi29 DNA polymerases during processive DNA replication. We determine the main kinetic parameters of the nucleotide incorporation cycle and their dependence on external load and nucleotide (dNTP) concentration. The data is inconsistent with power stroke models for translocation, instead supports a loose-coupling mechanism between chemical catalysis and mechanical translocation during DNA replication. According to this mechanism the DNA polymerase works by alternating between a dNTP/PPi-free state, which diffuses thermally between pre- and post-translocated states, and a dNTP/PPi-bound state where dNTP binding stabilizes the post-translocated state. We show how this thermal ratchet mechanism is used by the polymerase to generate work against large opposing loads (∼50 pN).
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- José A Morin
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia, IMDEA Nanociencia, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular 'Severo Ochoa' (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA Nanociencia) & CNB-CSIC-IMDEA Nanociencia Associated Unit 'Unidad de Nanobiotecnología', 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA Nanociencia) & CNB-CSIC-IMDEA Nanociencia Associated Unit 'Unidad de Nanobiotecnología', 28049 Madrid, Spain Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular 'Severo Ochoa' (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA Nanociencia) & CNB-CSIC-IMDEA Nanociencia Associated Unit 'Unidad de Nanobiotecnología', 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Loos SAM, Gernert R, Klapp SHL. Delay-induced transport in a rocking ratchet under feedback control. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2014; 89:052136. [PMID: 25353768 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.89.052136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Based on the Fokker-Planck equation we investigate the transport of an overdamped colloidal particle in a static, asymmetric periodic potential supplemented by a time-dependent, delayed feedback force, F(fc). For a given time t, F(fc) depends on the status of the system at a previous time t-τ(D), with τ(D) being a delay time, specifically on the delayed mean particle displacement (relative to some "switching position"). For nonzero delay times F(fc)(t) develops nearly regular oscillations, generating a net current in the system. Depending on the switching position, this current is nearly as large or even larger than that in a conventional open-loop rocking ratchet. We also investigate thermodynamic properties of the delayed nonequilibrium system and we suggest an underlying Langevin equation which reproduces the Fokker-Planck results.
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- Sarah A M Loos
- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Hardenbergstr. 36, Technische Universität Berlin, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Hardenbergstr. 36, Technische Universität Berlin, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Hardenbergstr. 36, Technische Universität Berlin, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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Barato AC, Seifert U. Unifying three perspectives on information processing in stochastic thermodynamics. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2014; 112:090601. [PMID: 24655235 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.112.090601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2013] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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So far, feedback-driven systems have been discussed using (i) measurement and control, (ii) a tape interacting with a system, or (iii) by identifying an implicit Maxwell demon in steady-state transport. We derive the corresponding second laws from one master fluctuation theorem and discuss their relationship. In particular, we show that both the entropy production involving mutual information between system and controller and the one involving a Shannon entropy difference of an information reservoir like a tape carry an extra term different from the usual current times affinity. We, thus, generalize stochastic thermodynamics to the presence of an information reservoir.
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- A C Barato
- II. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Stuttgart, 70550 Stuttgart, Germany
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- II. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Stuttgart, 70550 Stuttgart, Germany
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Sheshka R, Truskinovsky L. Power-stroke-driven actomyosin contractility. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2014; 89:012708. [PMID: 24580258 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.89.012708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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In ratchet-based models describing actomyosin contraction the activity is usually associated with actin binding potential while the power-stroke mechanism, residing inside myosin heads, is viewed as passive. To show that contraction can be propelled directly through a conformational change, we propose an alternative model where the power stroke is the only active mechanism. The asymmetry, ensuring directional motion, resides in steric interaction between the externally driven power-stroke element and the passive nonpolar actin filament. The proposed model can reproduce all four discrete states of the minimal actomyosin catalytic cycle even though it is formulated in terms of continuous Langevin dynamics. We build a conceptual bridge between processive and nonprocessive molecular motors by demonstrating that not only the former but also the latter can use structural transformation as the main driving force.
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- R Sheshka
- LMS, CNRS-UMR 7649, École Polytechnique, Route de Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau, France and LITEN, CEA-Grenoble, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- LMS, CNRS-UMR 7649, École Polytechnique, Route de Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau, France
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Ito S, Sagawa T. Information thermodynamics on causal networks. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2013; 111:180603. [PMID: 24237500 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.111.180603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2013] [Revised: 10/09/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We study nonequilibrium thermodynamics of complex information flows induced by interactions between multiple fluctuating systems. Characterizing nonequilibrium dynamics by causal networks (i.e., Bayesian networks), we obtain novel generalizations of the second law of thermodynamics and the fluctuation theorem, which include an informational quantity characterized by the topology of the causal network. Our result implies that the entropy production in a single system in the presence of multiple other systems is bounded by the information flow between these systems. We demonstrate our general result by a simple model of biochemical adaptation.
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- Sosuke Ito
- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Horowitz JM, Sagawa T, Parrondo JMR. Imitating chemical motors with optimal information motors. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2013; 111:010602. [PMID: 23862988 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.111.010602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2012] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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To induce transport, detailed balance must be broken. A common mechanism is to bias the dynamics with a thermodynamic fuel, such as chemical energy. An intriguing, alternative strategy is for a Maxwell demon to effect the bias using feedback. We demonstrate that these two different mechanisms lead to distinct thermodynamics by contrasting a chemical motor and information motor with identical dynamics. To clarify this difference, we study both models within one unified framework, highlighting the role of the interaction between the demon and the motor. This analysis elucidates the manner in which information is incorporated into a physical system.
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- Jordan M Horowitz
- Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear and GISC, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Seifert U. Stochastic thermodynamics, fluctuation theorems and molecular machines. REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS. PHYSICAL SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN) 2012; 75:126001. [PMID: 23168354 DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/75/12/126001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1191] [Impact Index Per Article: 99.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Stochastic thermodynamics as reviewed here systematically provides a framework for extending the notions of classical thermodynamics such as work, heat and entropy production to the level of individual trajectories of well-defined non-equilibrium ensembles. It applies whenever a non-equilibrium process is still coupled to one (or several) heat bath(s) of constant temperature. Paradigmatic systems are single colloidal particles in time-dependent laser traps, polymers in external flow, enzymes and molecular motors in single molecule assays, small biochemical networks and thermoelectric devices involving single electron transport. For such systems, a first-law like energy balance can be identified along fluctuating trajectories. For a basic Markovian dynamics implemented either on the continuum level with Langevin equations or on a discrete set of states as a master equation, thermodynamic consistency imposes a local-detailed balance constraint on noise and rates, respectively. Various integral and detailed fluctuation theorems, which are derived here in a unifying approach from one master theorem, constrain the probability distributions for work, heat and entropy production depending on the nature of the system and the choice of non-equilibrium conditions. For non-equilibrium steady states, particularly strong results hold like a generalized fluctuation-dissipation theorem involving entropy production. Ramifications and applications of these concepts include optimal driving between specified states in finite time, the role of measurement-based feedback processes and the relation between dissipation and irreversibility. Efficiency and, in particular, efficiency at maximum power can be discussed systematically beyond the linear response regime for two classes of molecular machines, isothermal ones such as molecular motors, and heat engines such as thermoelectric devices, using a common framework based on a cycle decomposition of entropy production.
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- Udo Seifert
- II. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Stuttgart, 70550 Stuttgart, Germany
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Sagawa T, Ueda M. Fluctuation theorem with information exchange: role of correlations in stochastic thermodynamics. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2012; 109:180602. [PMID: 23215264 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.109.180602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2012] [Revised: 08/08/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We establish the fluctuation theorem in the presence of information exchange between a nonequilibrium system and other degrees of freedom such as an observer and a feedback controller, where the amount of information exchange is added to the entropy production. The resulting generalized second law sets the fundamental limit of energy dissipation and energy cost during the information exchange. Our results apply not only to feedback-controlled processes but also to a much broader class of information exchanges, and provide a unified framework of nonequilibrium thermodynamics of measurement and feedback control.
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- Takahiro Sagawa
- The Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8302, Japan
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Lichtner K, Pototsky A, Klapp SHL. Feedback-induced oscillations in one-dimensional colloidal transport. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2012; 86:051405. [PMID: 23214782 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.86.051405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We investigate a driven, one-dimensional system of colloidal particles in a periodically corrugated narrow channel subject to a time-delayed feedback control. Our goal is to identify conditions under which the control induces oscillatory, time-periodic states. The investigations are based on the Fokker-Planck equation involving the density distribution of the system. First, by using the numerical continuation technique, we determine the linear stability of a stationary density. Second, the nonlinear regimes are analyzed by studying numerically the temporal evolution of the first moment of the density distribution. In this way we construct a bifurcation diagram revealing the nature of the instability. Apart from the case of a system with periodic boundary conditions, we also consider a microchannel of finite length. Finally, we study the influence of (repulsive) particle interactions based on dynamical density functional theory.
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- K Lichtner
- Institute of Theoretical Physics, Secr EW 7-1, Technical University Berlin, Hardenbergstr 36, D-10623 Berlin, Germany.
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Tierno P, Sagués F, Johansen TH, Sokolov IM. Antipersistent random walk in a two state flashing magnetic potential. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2012; 109:070601. [PMID: 23006351 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.109.070601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We reveal the subdiffusive dynamics of paramagnetic colloids subjected to a two state flashing potential generated by periodic modulation of a magnetic bubble lattice. The particles perform a random walklike motion with antipersistent nature, showing for certain field parameters a crossover from subdiffusive to an enhanced diffusive behavior. We elucidate the stationary nature (no aging) of the subdiffusive process and stress its similarity with the random walk on a random walk model.
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- Pietro Tierno
- Estructura i Constituents de la Matèria, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
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Sagawa T, Ueda M. Nonequilibrium thermodynamics of feedback control. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2012; 85:021104. [PMID: 22463150 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.85.021104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2011] [Revised: 12/13/2011] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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We establish a general theory of feedback control on classical stochastic thermodynamic systems and generalize nonequilibrium equalities such as the fluctuation theorem and the Jarzynski equality in the presence of feedback control with multiple measurements. Our results are generalizations of the previous relevant works to the situations with general measurements and multiple heat baths. The obtained equalities involve additional terms that characterize the information obtained by measurements or the efficacy of feedback control. A generalized Szilard engine and a feedback-controlled ratchet are shown to satisfy the derived equalities.
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Sagawa T. Hamiltonian Derivations of the Generalized Jarzynski Equalities under Feedback Control. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/297/1/012015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Ponmurugan M. Generalized detailed fluctuation theorem under nonequilibrium feedback control. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2010; 82:031129. [PMID: 21230047 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.82.031129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2010] [Revised: 07/06/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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It has been shown recently that the Jarzynski equality is generalized under nonequilibrium feedback control [T. Sagawa and M. Ueda, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 090602 (2010)]. The presence of feedback control in physical systems should modify both the Jarzynski equality and the detailed fluctuation theorem [K. H. Kim and H. Qian, Phys. Rev. E 75, 022102 (2007)]. However, the generalized Jarzynski equality under forward feedback control has been proved by considering that the physical systems under feedback control should locally satisfy the detailed fluctuation theorem. We use the same formalism and derive the generalized detailed fluctuation theorem for nonequilibrium driven systems under feedback control. We find that the feedback control in a physical system should preserve the detailed fluctuation theorem if the system has the same feedback information measure in forward and reverse directions.
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- M Ponmurugan
- The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, C.I.T. Campus, Taramani, Chennai 600113, India.
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Sagawa T, Ueda M. Generalized Jarzynski equality under nonequilibrium feedback control. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2010; 104:090602. [PMID: 20366975 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.104.090602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2009] [Revised: 01/20/2010] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The Jarzynski equality is generalized to situations in which nonequilibrium systems are subject to a feedback control. The new terms that arise as a consequence of the feedback describe the mutual information content obtained by measurement and the efficacy of the feedback control. Our results lead to a generalized fluctuation-dissipation theorem that reflects the readout information, and they can be experimentally tested using small thermodynamic systems. We illustrate our general results by introducing an "information ratchet", which can transport a Brownian particle in one direction and extract positive work from the particle.
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- Takahiro Sagawa
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8654, Japan
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Feito M, Baltanás JP, Cao FJ. Rocking feedback-controlled ratchets. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2009; 80:031128. [PMID: 19905083 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.80.031128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2009] [Revised: 05/22/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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We investigate the different regimes that emerge when a periodic driving force, the rocking force, acts on a collective feedback flashing ratchet. The interplay of the rocking and the feedback control gives a rich dynamics with different regimes presenting several unexpected features. In particular, we show that for both the one-particle ratchet and the collective version of the ratchet an appropriate rocking increases the flux. This mechanism gives the maximum flux that has been achieved in a ratchet device without an a priori bias.
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- M Feito
- Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Avenida Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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Hennig D, Schimansky-Geier L, Hänggi P. Directed transport of an inertial particle in a washboard potential induced by delayed feedback. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2009; 79:041117. [PMID: 19518183 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.79.041117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We consider motion of an underdamped Brownian particle in a washboard potential that is subjected to an unbiased time-periodic external field. While in the limiting deterministic system in dependence of the strength and phase of the external field directed net motion can exist; for a finite temperature the net motion averages to zero. Strikingly, with the application of an additional time-delayed feedback term directed particle motion can be accomplished persisting up to fairly high levels of the thermal noise. In detail, there exist values of the feedback strength and delay time for which the feedback term performs oscillations that are phase locked to the time-periodic external field. This yields an effective biasing rocking force promoting periods of forward and backward motion of distinct duration, and thus directed motion. In terms of phase space dynamics we demonstrate that with applied feedback desymmetrization of coexisting attractors takes place leaving the ones supporting either positive or negative velocities as the only surviving ones. Moreover, we found parameter ranges for which in the presence of thermal noise the directed transport is enhanced compared to the noiseless case.
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- D Hennig
- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Newtonstrasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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Cao FJ, Feito M. Thermodynamics of feedback controlled systems. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2009; 79:041118. [PMID: 19518184 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.79.041118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2008] [Revised: 01/11/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We compute the entropy reduction in feedback controlled systems due to the repeated operation of the controller. This was the lacking ingredient to establish the thermodynamics of these systems, and in particular of Maxwell's demons. We illustrate some of the consequences of our general results by deriving the maximum work that can be extracted from isothermal feedback controlled systems. As a case example, we finally study a simple system that performs an isothermal information-fueled particle pumping.
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- F J Cao
- Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Avenida Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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Hennig D. Current control in a tilted washboard potential via time-delayed feedback. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2009; 79:041114. [PMID: 19518180 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.79.041114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2008] [Revised: 01/19/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We consider the motion of an overdamped Brownian particle in a washboard potential exerted to a static tilting force. The bias yields directed net particle motion, i.e., a current. It is demonstrated that with an additional time-delayed feedback term, the particle current can be reversed against the direction of the bias. The control function induces a ratchetlike effect that hinders further current reversals and thus the particle moves against the direction of the static bias. Furthermore, varying the delay time allows also to continuously depreciate and even stop the transport in the washboard potential. We identify and characterize the underlying mechanism which applies to the current control in a wide temperature range.
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- D Hennig
- Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Newtonstr. 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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Berger F, Schmiedl T, Seifert U. Optimal potentials for temperature ratchets. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2009; 79:031118. [PMID: 19391913 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.79.031118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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In a spatially periodic temperature profile, directed transport of an overdamped Brownian particle can be induced along a periodic potential. With a load force applied to the particle, this setup can perform as a heat engine. For a given load, the optimal potential maximizes the current and thus the power output of the heat engine. We calculate the optimal potential for different temperature profiles and show that in the limit of a periodic piecewise constant temperature profile alternating between two temperatures, the optimal potential leads to a divergent current. This divergence, being an effect of both the overdamped limit and the infinite temperature gradient at the interface, would be cut off in any real experiment.
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- Florian Berger
- II. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Stuttgart, 70550 Stuttgart, Germany
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Woo HJ. Relaxation dynamics near nonequilibrium stationary states in Brownian ratchets. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2009; 79:021101. [PMID: 19391700 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.79.021101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2008] [Revised: 11/23/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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A comprehensive study of the static and dynamical properties of a representative stochastic model of Brownian ratchet effects for molecular motors is reported. The model describes Brownian motions on two periodic potentials under static and time-dependent forces, where there are two distinct locations of chemical reactions coupling the levels with reversible rates within a period. Complete stationary properties have been obtained analytically for arbitrary potentials under external force. Dynamical relaxation properties near nonequilibrium stationary states were examined by considering the response function of velocity upon time-dependent external force, expressed in terms of the conditional probability density of the model. The latter is fully calculated using a systematic numerical method using matrix diagonalization, which is easily generalized to more complicated models for studying both static and dynamical properties. The behavior of the time-dependent response examined for model potentials suggests that the characteristic relaxation time near stationary states generally decreases linearly with respect to increasing velocity as one goes away from equilibrium via an increase in chemical potential of fuel species, a prediction testable in single molecule experiments.
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- Hyung-June Woo
- Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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Santillán M, Mackey MC. Dynamic stability versus thermodynamic performance in a simple model for a Brownian motor. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2008; 78:061122. [PMID: 19256817 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.78.061122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Homeostasis allows living organisms to perform in optimal conditions despite ever-changing surroundings. Dynamically, it corresponds to a stable steady state, and so its quality can be judged by the volume of the corresponding basin of attraction and/or the length of the relaxation time. Motivated by the fact that the vast majority of intracellular processes involve enzymatic reactions and, as some people have suggested, models similar to those of Brownian motors can be used to study them, here we introduce a simple Brownian motor model and use it to gain insight into the relation between efficiency and stability properties previously observed in macroscopic systems. For this, we analyze the existence, uniqueness, and stability of the motor's steady state; study its thermodynamic process variables, their relation, and their dependence on the model parameters; and compare the Brownian motor relaxation time and thermodynamic properties. Finally, since the steady state is unique and globally stable, we discuss our results from the standpoint of the energetic costs of maintaining a homeostatic state with short relaxation times.
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- Moisés Santillán
- Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Unidad Monterrey, Parque de Investigación e Innovación Tecnológica, 66600 Apodaca NL, Mexico.
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Lopez BJ, Kuwada NJ, Craig EM, Long BR, Linke H. Realization of a feedback controlled flashing ratchet. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2008; 101:220601. [PMID: 19113469 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.101.220601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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A flashing ratchet transports diffusive particles using a time-dependent, asymmetric potential. The particle speed is predicted to increase when a feedback algorithm based on the particle position is used. We have experimentally realized such a feedback ratchet using an optical line trap, and observed that use of feedback increases velocity by up to an order of magnitude. We compare two different feedback algorithms for small particle numbers, and find good agreement with simulations. We also find that existing algorithms can be improved to be more tolerant to feedback delay times.
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- Benjamin J Lopez
- Department of Physics and Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1274, USA.
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Son WS, Ryu JW, Hwang DU, Lee SY, Park YJ, Kim CM. Transport control in a deterministic ratchet system. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2008; 77:066213. [PMID: 18643356 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.77.066213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2006] [Revised: 03/10/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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We study the control of transport properties in a deterministic inertia ratchet system via the extended delay feedback method. A chaotic current of a deterministic inertia ratchet system is controlled to a regular current by stabilizing unstable periodic orbits embedded in a chaotic attractor of the unperturbed system. By selecting an unstable periodic orbit, which has a desired transport property, and stabilizing it via the extended delay feedback method, we can control transport properties of the deterministic inertia ratchet system. Also, we show that the extended delay feedback method can be utilized for separation of particles in the deterministic inertia ratchet system as a particle's initial condition varies.
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- Woo-Sik Son
- National Creative Research Initiative Center for Quantum Chaos Applications, Sogang University, Seoul 121-742, Korea.
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Dinis L. Optimal sequence for Parrondo games. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2008; 77:021124. [PMID: 18352004 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.77.021124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2007] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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An algorithm based on backward induction is devised in order to compute the optimal sequence of games to be played in Parrondo games. The algorithm can be used to find the optimal sequence for any finite number of turns or in the steady state, showing that ABABB... is the sequence with the highest steady state average gain. The algorithm can also be generalized to find the optimal adaptive strategy in a multiplayer version of the games, where a finite number of players may choose, at every turn, the game the whole ensemble should play.
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- Luis Dinis
- Grupo Interdisciplinar de Sistemas Complejos (GISC) and Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid, Spain.
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Feito M, Cao FJ. Time-delayed feedback control of a flashing ratchet. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2007; 76:061113. [PMID: 18233820 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.76.061113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2007] [Revised: 09/05/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Closed-loop or feedback control ratchets use information about the state of the system to operate with the aim of maximizing the performance of the system. In this paper we investigate the effects of a time delay in the feedback for a protocol that performs an instantaneous maximization of the center-of-mass velocity. For the one and the few particle cases the flux decreases with increasing delay, as an effect of the decorrelation of the present state of the system with the information that the controller uses, but the delayed closed-loop protocol succeeds to perform better than its open-loop counterpart provided the delays are smaller than the characteristic times of the Brownian ratchet. For the many particle case, we also show that for small delays the center-of-mass velocity decreases for increasing delays. However, for large delays we find the surprising result that the presence of the delay can improve the performance of the nondelayed feedback ratchet and the flux can attain the maximum value obtained with the optimal periodic protocol. This phenomenon is the result of the emergence of a dynamical regime where the presence of the delayed feedback stabilizes one quasiperiodic solution or several (multistability), which resemble the solutions obtained in the so-called threshold protocol. Our analytical and numerical results point towards the feasibility of an experimental implementation of a feedback controlled ratchet that performs equal or better than its optimal open-loop version.
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- M Feito
- Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Avenida Complutense s/n, Madrid, Spain.
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Bier M. The stepping motor protein as a feedback control ratchet. Biosystems 2007; 88:301-7. [PMID: 17188802 DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2006.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2006] [Accepted: 07/22/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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It is explained how going from a one headed motor protein to a stepping two headed motor protein is equivalent to going from a stochastically flashing ratchet to a feedback control ratchet. Both these ratchets have been well studied in the literature and their speeds and efficiencies are briefly reviewed. Next it is shown how a feedback control ratchet mechanism model can account for very accurate recent data obtained on kinesin. Finally, the role of internal friction in the operation of stepping motor proteins is discussed.
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- Martin Bier
- Department of Physics, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA.
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Feito M, Cao FJ. Threshold feedback control for a collective flashing ratchet: threshold dependence. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2006; 74:041109. [PMID: 17155024 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.74.041109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2006] [Revised: 07/27/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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We study the threshold control protocol for a collective flashing ratchet. In particular, we analyze the dependence of the current on the values of the thresholds. We have found analytical expressions for the small threshold dependence both for the few and for the many particle cases. For few particles the current is a decreasing function of the thresholds, thus, the maximum current is reached for zero thresholds. In contrast, for many particles the optimal thresholds have a nonzero finite value. We have numerically checked the relation that allows to obtain the optimal thresholds for an infinite number of particles from the optimal period of the periodic protocol. These optimal thresholds for an infinite number of particles give good results for many particles. In addition, they also give good results for few particles due to the smooth dependence of the current up to these threshold values.
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- M Feito
- Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Avenida Complutense s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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Cleuren B, Van den Broeck C. Optimizing strategies in the primary Parrondo paradox. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2004; 70:067104. [PMID: 15697557 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.70.067104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We calculate analytically the gain for the N-player primary Parrondo paradox and identify the optimal strategy.
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- B Cleuren
- Limburgs Universitair Centrum, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium
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