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20182026
most citedOptimality of non-conservative driving for finite-time processes with discrete states

24 citations · 59 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

cond-mat.stat-mech2026

A Minimal Thermodynamically Consistent Chemical Oscillator

Benedikt Remlein, Luca Monari, Beatrice Bartolomei +3

Inspired by the chemical reaction network considered as the smallest system featuring a Hopf bifurcation and its reversible extension, we introduce an even more minimal reaction ne…

cond-mat.stat-mech2026

Singular Behavior of Observables at Hopf Bifurcations

Benedikt Remlein, Massimiliano Esposito

Hopf bifurcations are a universal route to self-sustained oscillations in driven systems. Despite the absence of any singular stationary state, we show that time-averaged observabl…

cond-mat.stat-mech2026

Emergence of Open Chemical Reaction Network Thermodynamics within Closed Systems

Benedikt Remlein, Massimiliano Esposito, Francesco Avanzini

Under which conditions do the dynamics and thermodynamics of open chemical reaction networks (CRNs), grounded on the notion of idealized chemostats that exchange selected species,…

q-bio.MN2025★ 2 cited

What is a chemostat? Insights from hybrid dynamics and stochastic thermodynamics

Benedikt Remlein, Massimiliano Esposito, Francesco Avanzini

At the microscopic scale, open chemical reaction networks are described by stochastic reactions that follow mass-action kinetics and are coupled to chemostats. We show that closed…

cond-mat.stat-mech2024★ 8 cited

Nonequilibrium fluctuations of chemical reaction networks at criticality: The Schlögl model as paradigmatic case

Benedikt Remlein, Udo Seifert

Chemical reaction networks can undergo nonequilibrium phase transitions upon variation of external control parameters like the chemical potential of a species. We investigate the f…

cond-mat.stat-mech2022★ 16 cited

Coherence of oscillations in the weak-noise limit

Benedikt Remlein, Volker Weissmann, Udo Seifert

In a noisy environment, oscillations loose their coherence which can be characterized by a quality factor. We determine this quality factor for oscillations arising from a driven F…

cond-mat.stat-mech2021★ 24 cited

Optimality of non-conservative driving for finite-time processes with discrete states

Benedikt Remlein, Udo Seifert

An optimal finite-time process drives a given initial distribution to a given final one in a given time at the lowest cost as quantified by total entropy production. We prove that…

cond-mat.soft2018★ 9 cited

Non-equilibrium dynamics of isostatic spring networks

Federico S. Gnesotto, Benedikt M. Remlein, Chase P. Broedersz

Marginally stable systems exhibit rich critical mechanical behavior. Such isostatic assemblies can be driven out of equilibrium by internal activity, but it remains unclear how the…