Thermodynamic approach to nano-properties of cell membrane

Umberto Lucia

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2014, vol. 407, issue C, 185-191

Abstract: Biomechanical analyses of DNA have pointed out the connections among forces, thermodynamics and kinetics. The entropy generation approach has been suggested as a thermodynamic approach to evaluate the accessible states for cancer systems, in relation to their specific thermodynamic quantities, including mechanical properties. In this paper, a theoretical approach for the thermodynamic evaluation of the nano-behaviour of the cell wall is suggested. The aim is to provide theoretical bases to the analysis of cells and their properties by applying the thermodynamic approach to irreversibility.

Keywords: Entropy generation; Elastic power; Cell nanomechanics; Irreversibility; Membrane; Cancer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2014.03.075

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