Active self-disassembly enhances the yield of self-assembled structures
Soft Condensed Matter
2024-05-14 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Biological Physics
Abstract
We introduce a lattice model to probe the effect of active self-disassembly on equilibrium self-assembly. Surprisingly, we find conditions under which active self-disassembly enhances the yield of a target structure above that achieved by self-assembly alone when the latter is already favoured thermodynamically. We discuss biological implications of our findings.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2405.07239,
title = {Active self-disassembly enhances the yield of self-assembled structures},
author = {Karsten Kruse and Jean-Pierre Eckmann and Wilson C. K. Poon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.07239},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
5 pages, 4 figures