Diffusion in membranes
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Diffusion in membranes. / Vattulainen, Ilpo; Mouritsen, Ole G.
Diffusion in Condensed Matter: Methods, Materials, Models. Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, 2005. p. 471-509.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Diffusion in membranes
AU - Vattulainen, Ilpo
AU - Mouritsen, Ole G.
PY - 2005/12/1
Y1 - 2005/12/1
N2 - Nature is always in motion. As simple as it is, this statement is true in the sense that numerous phenomena in living systems are characterized by nonequilibrium. Our muscles are in constant need of energy provided by the metabolic pathway, the blood flows in our veins as long as the heart keeps going, and yet old cells are constantly being replaced by fresh ones as a typical life time of a cell is on the order of one day. The state of living beings can therefore only rarely be described by equilibrium. However, even if a true equilibrium were possible in living systems, we would find spontaneous thermal fluctuations to occur around the equilibrium state, again implying that the matter were moving in time.
AB - Nature is always in motion. As simple as it is, this statement is true in the sense that numerous phenomena in living systems are characterized by nonequilibrium. Our muscles are in constant need of energy provided by the metabolic pathway, the blood flows in our veins as long as the heart keeps going, and yet old cells are constantly being replaced by fresh ones as a typical life time of a cell is on the order of one day. The state of living beings can therefore only rarely be described by equilibrium. However, even if a true equilibrium were possible in living systems, we would find spontaneous thermal fluctuations to occur around the equilibrium state, again implying that the matter were moving in time.
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U2 - 10.1007/3-540-30970-5_12
DO - 10.1007/3-540-30970-5_12
M3 - Book chapter
AN - SCOPUS:80051656504
SN - 3540200436
SN - 9783540200437
SP - 471
EP - 509
BT - Diffusion in Condensed Matter
PB - Springer Berlin/Heidelberg
ER -
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