Efficiency of autonomous soft nano-machines at maximum power

Details Efficiency of autonomous soft nano-machines at maximum power Efficiency of autonomous soft nano-machines at maximum power

2010-11-11

arxiv.org/abs/1011.2633v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

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We consider nano-sized artificial or biological machines working in steady state enforced by imposing non-equilibrium concentrations of solutes or by applying external forces, torques or electric fields. For unicyclic and strongly coupled multicyclic machines, efficiency at maximum power is not bounded by the linear response value 1/2. For strong driving, it can even approach the thermodynamic limit 1. Quite generally, such machines fall in three different classes characterized, respectively, as "strong and efficient", "strong and inefficient", and "balanced". For weakly coupled multicyclic machines, efficiency at maximum power has lost any universality even in the linear response regime.

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