Enzymes as Maxwell's Demon (IMAGE)

Institute of Science Tokyo

Enzymes as Maxwell's Demon

Caption

An artistic illustration depicting "Maxwell's demon" modulating the diffusion speed of an enzyme. The demon represents the physical mechanism by which the enzyme uses information to break chemical equilibrium.

Credit

Tetsuhiro S. Hatakeyama, ELSI

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CC BY-NC-ND

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