Year: 2022
Type: preprint
Abstract: Topological protection has emerged as an organizing principle for understanding and engineering robust collective behavior in electronic and material systems. Recent work suggests that topology may also play a role in organizing stochastic processes relevant to biology and self-assembly. Here, we show that topological protection in chemical networks can be understood entirely in terms of nonequilibrium thermodynamics. We illustrate these ideas using simple examples inspired by the literature.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Mehta, Pankaj, Rocks, Jason
Institution: Boston University
Language: English
Subfield: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: National Institutes of Health
Award: G9000198276
OpenAlex ID: W4283070258