4 papers
Thermodynamic Bounds on Symmetry Breaking in Linear and Catalytic Biochemical Systems
Shiling Liang, Paolo De Los Rios, Daniel Maria Busiello
Living systems are maintained out-of-equilibrium by external driving forces. At stationarity, they exhibit emergent selection phenomena that break equilibrium symmetries and origin…
Thermodynamic Space of Chemical Reaction Networks
Shiling Liang, Paolo De Los Rios, Daniel Maria Busiello
Living systems operate out of equilibrium, continuously consuming energy to sustain organised, functional states. Their emergent behaviour usually relies on a set of interconnected…
Non-equilibrium symmetry of cyclic first-passage times
Daniel Maria Busiello, Shiling Liang, Simone Pigolotti
We study the sum of first passage times along an arbitrary cycle made up of N>2 states of a small physical system. We show that, if the system is at thermodynamic equilibrium, this…
A Minimal Model for Carnot Efficiency at Maximum Power
Shiling Liang, Yu-Han Ma, Daniel Maria Busiello +1
Carnot efficiency sets a fundamental upper bound on the heat engine efficiency, attainable in the quasi-static limit, albeit at the cost of completely sacrificing power output. In…