Slow energy relaxation of macromolecules and nano-clusters in solution

Details Slow energy relaxation of macromolecules and nano-clusters in solution Slow energy relaxation of macromolecules and nano-clusters in solution

2005-03-17

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0503436v2

Physical Review Letters, 94, 145502 (2005)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

5 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.145502

Many systems in the realm of nanophysics from both the living and inorganic world display slow relaxation kinetics of energy fluctuations. In this paper we propose a general explanation for such phenomenon, based on the effects of interactions with the solvent. Within a simple harmonic model of the system fluctuations, we demonstrate that the inhomogeneity of coupling to the solvent of the bulk and surface atoms suffices to generate a complex spectrum of decay rates. We show for Myoglobin and for a metal nano-cluster that the result is a complex, non-exponential relaxation dynamics.

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