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Hill's small systems nanothermodynamics: a simple macromolecular partition problem with a statistical perspective.
Journal of Biological Physics 2012 March
Using a simple example of biological macromolecules which are partitioned between bulk solution and membrane, we investigate T.L. Hill's phenomenological nanothermodynamics for small systems. By introducing a system size-dependent equilibrium constant for the bulk-membrane partition, we obtain Hill's results on differential and integral chemical potentials μ and [Formula: see text] from computations based on standard Gibbsian equilibrium statistical mechanics. It is shown that their difference can be understood from an equilibrium re-partitioning between bulk and membrane fractions upon a change in the system's size; it is closely related to the system's fluctuations and inhomogeneity. These results provide a better understanding of nanothermodynamics and clarify its logical relation with the theory of statistical mechanics.
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