Equilibrium Chemical Engines
Soft Condensed Matter
2009-10-30 v1 adap-org
Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
q-bio
Abstract
An equilibrium reversible cycle with a certain engine to transduce the energy of any chemical reaction into mechanical energy is proposed. The efficiency for chemical energy transduction is also defined so as to be compared with Carnot efficiency. Relevance to the study of protein motors is discussed. KEYWORDS: Chemical thermodynamics, Engine, Efficiency, Molecular machine.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9710328,
title = {Equilibrium Chemical Engines},
author = {Tatsuo Shibata and Shin-ichi Sasa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9710328},
year = {2009}
}
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5 pages, latex