6 papers
Identifying Non-Ideal Reaction-Diffusion Systems Unable to Maintain Diffusion Out-of-Equilibrium
Francesco Avanzini, Timur Aslyamov, Massimiliano Esposito
We develop a general method, based on the construction of a kinetic potential serving as a Lyapunov function, to establish when diffusion necessarily equilibrates in non-ideal reac…
Emergence of Open Chemical Reaction Network Thermodynamics within Closed Systems
Benedikt Remlein, Massimiliano Esposito, Francesco Avanzini
We address a fundamental question: under which conditions do the dynamics and thermodynamics of open chemical reaction networks (CRNs), grounded on the notion of idealized chemosta…
Coarse Graining Photo-Isomerization Reactions: Thermodynamic Consistency and Implications for Molecular Ratchets
Francesco Avanzini, Massimiliano Esposito, Emanuele Penocchio
We formulate thermodynamically consistent coarse-graining procedures for molecular systems undergoing thermally and photo-induced transitions: starting from elementary vibronic tra…
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…
Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics of Non-Ideal Reaction-Diffusion Systems: Implications for Active Self-Organization
Francesco Avanzini, Timur Aslyamov, Ãtienne Fodor +1
We develop a framework describing the dynamics and thermodynamics of open non-ideal reaction-diffusion systems, which embodies Flory-Huggins theories of mixtures and chemical react…
Dissipation in Hydrodynamics from Micro- to Macroscale: Wisdom from Boltzmann and Stochastic Thermodynamics
Danilo Forastiere, Francesco Avanzini, Massimiliano Esposito
We show that macroscopic irreversible thermodynamics for viscous fluids can be derived from exact information-theoretic thermodynamic identities valid at the microscale. Entropy pr…