Symmetry relations in chemical kinetics arising from microscopic reversibility

Details Symmetry relations in chemical kinetics arising from microscopic reversibility Symmetry relations in chemical kinetics arising from microscopic reversibility

2005-09-08

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0509191v2

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 028307 (2006)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

4 pages, 1 figure, accepted to Phys Rev Lett

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.028307

It is shown that the kinetics of time-reversible chemical reactions having the same equilibrium constant but different initial conditions are closely related to one another by a directly measurable symmetry relation analogous to chemical detailed balance. In contrast to detailed balance, however, this relation does not require knowledge of the elementary steps that underlie the reaction, and remains valid in regimes where the concept of rate constants is ill-defined, such as at very short times and in the presence of low activation barriers. Numerical simulations of a model of isomerization in solution are provided to illustrate the symmetry under such conditions, and potential applications in protein folding-unfolding are pointed out.

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