Non Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics and Biology
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dekhn
3 months ago
I worked with a guy who advanced the state of the art for this- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crooks_fluctuation_theorem
which was used to measure breaking individual bonds while unfolding RNA: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16148928/
absolutely crazy stuff that I don't understand no matter how hard I try
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