Matsuno Koichiro
Department of BioEngineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka 940-2188, Japan.
Biosystems. 2006 Jul;85(1):23-9. doi: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2006.02.002. Epub 2006 Feb 23.
Chemical reactions upholding biological functions and structures are the process of measurement taking place among the participating chemical reactants. Chemical reactions occurring in thermal environments are either endothermic or exothermic. In particular, exothermic reactions that can live with temperature gradients of exogenous origin could potentially be competent enough to synthesize a robust quantum as a heat engine. Molecular organizations leading to the origin of the phenomenon of life might have been associated with the emergence of a quantum coherence embodied in a robust heat engine feeding on quantum decoherence. Evolutionary maintenance of a robust quantum heat engine, once appeared, can further be empowered by the build-up of temperature gradients of endogenous origin. Biology enriches the repertoire of quantum mechanics so as to include a robust heat engine as a legitimate member of a quantum in addition to the already established member of a quantum including an atom, molecule, and macromolecule.
维持生物功能和结构的化学反应是参与化学反应物之间进行测量的过程。在热环境中发生的化学反应要么是吸热的，要么是放热的。特别是，能够适应外源温度梯度的放热反应可能有足够的能力合成一种强大的量子作为热机。导致生命现象起源的分子组织可能与一种基于量子退相干的强大热机所体现的量子相干的出现有关。一旦出现，强大量子热机的进化维持可以通过内源性温度梯度的积累进一步得到强化。生物学丰富了量子力学的范畴，使其除了已有的包括原子、分子和大分子在内的量子成员外，还将强大的热机作为量子的合法成员纳入其中。
