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20042022
most citedThe unreasonable effectiveness of equilibrium-like theory for interpreting non-equilibrium experiments

82 citations · 122 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

cond-mat.soft2022

Kinetic asymmetry versus dissipation in the evolution of chemical systems as exemplified by single enzyme chemotaxis

Niladri Sekhar Mandal, Ayusman Sen, R. Dean Astumian

Single enzyme chemotaxis is a phenomenon by which a non-equilibrium spatial distribution of an enzyme is created and maintained by concentration gradients of the substrate and prod…

cond-mat.stat-mech2020

Comment on the perspective article "Thermodynamic uncertainty relations constrain non-equilibrium fluctuations"

R. Dean Astumian

In a recent perspective article, Horowitz and Gingrich discuss thermodynamic uncertainty relations that have been derived using "stochastic thermodynamics", a theory based on a hyp…

cond-mat.stat-mech2007★ 19 cited

Symmetry Relations for Trajectories of a Brownian Motor

R. Dean Astumian

A Brownian Motor is a nanoscale or molecular device that combines the effects of thermal noise, spatial or temporal asymmetry, and directionless input energy to drive directed moti…

cond-mat.stat-mech2006★ 21 cited

Equilibrium Theory for a Particle Pulled by a Moving Optical Trap

R. Dean Astumian

The viscous drag on a colloidal particle pulled through solution by an optical trap is large enough that on experimentally relavant time scales the mechanical force exerted by the…

cond-mat.soft2005★ 82 cited

The unreasonable effectiveness of equilibrium-like theory for interpreting non-equilibrium experiments

R. Dean Astumian

There has been great interest in applying the results of statistical mechanics to single molecule experiements. Recent work has highlighted so-called non-equilibrium work-energy re…

physics.data-an2004

Astumian's Paradox revisited

R. Dean Astumian

I give a simple analysis of the game that I previously published in Scientific American which shows the paradoxical behavior whereby two losing games randomly combine to form a win…