ArticleOrigins of life and evolution of the biosphere : the journal of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life2010
Homochirality and the need for energy.
Article in Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere : the journal of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Differences in enantiomeric diffusion can lead to selective chiral amplification.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Chiral conformity emerges from the least-time free energy consumption.Interface focus · 2023Article
- Asymmetric Autocatalysis as an Efficient Link Between the Origin of Homochirality and Highly Enantioenriched Compounds.Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere : the journal of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life · 2022Review
- Fundamental Clock of Biological Aging: Convergence of Molecular, Neurodegenerative, Cognitive and Psychiatric Pathways: Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics Meet Psychology.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- The Limited Roles of Autocatalysis and Enantiomeric Cross-Inhibition in Achieving Homochirality in Dilute Systems.Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere : the journal of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life · 2019Article
- Energy sources, self-organization, and the origin of life.Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere : the journal of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life · 2011Article
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Abstract
The mechanisms for explaining how a stable asymmetric chemical system can be formed from a symmetric chemical system, in the absence of any asymmetric influence other than statistical fluctuations, have been developed during the last decades, focusing on the non-linear kinetic aspects. Besides the absolute necessity of self-amplification processes, the importance of energetic aspects is often underestimated. Going down to the most fundamental aspects, the distinction between a single object-that can be intrinsically asymmetric-and a collection of objects-whose racemic state is the more stable one-must be emphasized. A system of strongly interacting objects can be described as one single object retaining its individuality and a single asymmetry; weakly or non-interacting objects keep their own individuality, and are prone to racemize towards the equilibrium state. In the presence of energy fluxes, systems can be maintained in an asymmetric non-equilibrium steady-state. Such dynamical systems can retain their asymmetry for times longer than their racemization time.
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