Energetics of active fluctuations in living cells
Energetics of active fluctuations in living cells
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活细胞主动波动的能量学
DOI:
10.1103/physreve.90.042724
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发表时间:
2014
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
F. van Wijland
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作者:
E. Fodor;K. Kanazawa;H. Hayakawa;P. Visco;F. van Wijland
The nonequilibrium activity taking place in a living cell can be monitored with a tracer embedded in the medium. While microrheology experiments based on optical manipulation of such probes have become increasingly standard, we put forward a number of experiments with alternative protocols that, we claim, will provide insight into the energetics of active fluctuations. These are based on either performing thermodynamiclike cycles in control-parameter space or determining response to external perturbations of the confining trap beyond simple translation. We illustrate our proposals on an active itinerant Brownian oscillator modeling the dynamics of a probe embedded in a living medium.