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A biochemical machine for the interconversion of mutual information and work

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Title: A biochemical machine for the interconversion of mutual information and work
Authors: McGrath, T
Jones, NS
Wolde, PRT
Ouldridge, TE
Item Type: Journal Article
Abstract: We propose a physically-realisable biochemical device that is coupled to a biochemical reservoir of mutual information, fuel molecules and a chemical bath. Mutual information allows work to be done on the bath even when the fuel molecules appear to be in equilibrium; alternatively, mutual information can be created by driving from the fuel or the bath. The system exhibits diverse behaviour, including a regime in which the information, despite increasing during the reaction, enhances the extracted work. We further demonstrate that a modified device can function without the need for external manipulation, eliminating the need for a complex and potentially costly control.
Issue Date: 13-Jan-2017
Date of Acceptance: 10-Nov-2016
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/42724
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.028101
ISSN: 0031-9007
Publisher: American Physical Society
Journal / Book Title: Physical Review Letters
Volume: 118
Issue: 2
Copyright Statement: © 2017 American Physical Society. Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 028101 – Published 10 January 2017; Erratum Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 049902 (2017)
Sponsor/Funder: The Royal Society
BBSRC DTP
Funder's Grant Number: UF150067
BB/J014575/1
Keywords: Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Physics
MAXWELLS DEMON
ALLOSTERIC ACTIVATION
LIVING CELLS
THERMODYNAMICS
TRANSDUCTION
KINASES
SHAPES
DNA
cond-mat.stat-mech
cond-mat.stat-mech
cond-mat.soft
q-bio.BM
01 Mathematical Sciences
02 Physical Sciences
09 Engineering
General Physics
Publication Status: Published
Article Number: 028101
Online Publication Date: 2017-01-10
Appears in Collections:Bioengineering
Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics
Faculty of Natural Sciences
Faculty of Engineering
Mathematics