Esposito Massimiliano
Complex Systems and Statistical Mechanics, Department of Physics and Materials Science, University of Luxembourg, L-1511, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Commun Chem. 2020 Aug 7;3(1):107. doi: 10.1038/s42004-020-00344-7.
Chemical reaction networks (CRNs) are prototypical complex systems because reactions are nonlinear and connected in intricate ways, and they are also essential to understand living systems. Here, the author discusses how recent developments in nonequilibrium thermodynamics provide new insight on how CRNs process energy and perform sophisticated tasks, and describes open challenges in the field.
化学反应网络(CRNs)是典型的复杂系统,因为反应是非线性的且以复杂的方式相互关联,并且它们对于理解生命系统也至关重要。在此,作者讨论了非平衡态热力学的最新进展如何为CRNs处理能量和执行复杂任务提供新的见解,并描述了该领域存在的开放性挑战。