Efficiency of Isothermal Molecular Machines at Maximum Power
Author(s) -
Christian Van den Broeck,
Niraj Kumar,
Katja Lindenberg
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
physical review letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.688
H-Index - 673
eISSN - 1079-7114
pISSN - 0031-9007
DOI - 10.1103/physrevlett.108.210602
Subject(s) - isothermal process , upper and lower bounds , state (computer science) , maximum power principle , power (physics) , product (mathematics) , thermodynamics , materials science , physics , statistical physics , mathematics , algorithm , mathematical analysis , geometry
We derive upper and lower bounds for the efficiency of an isothermal molecular machine operating at maximum power. The upper bound is reached when the activated state is close to the fueling or reactant state (Eyring-like), while the lower bound is reached when the activated state is close to the product state (Kramers-like).
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