Extending the fluctuation theorem to describe reaction coordinates

• Published in: The Journal of chemical physics Vol. 126; no. 5; pp. 051102 - 051102-4
• Main Authors: Paramore, Sterling, Ayton, Gary S., Voth, Gregory A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Institute of Physics 07.02.2007
• Subjects: Algorithms; Computational Biology; Computer Simulation; Diffusion; Energy Transfer; Models, Molecular; Statistical Distributions; Thermodynamics

The fluctuation theorem describes the distribution of work done on small systems which have been pushed out of equilibrium in response to an external field. The theorem has recently been a subject of much interest for describing single-molecule experiments and simulations. In this communication, it...