Dissipation induced transitions in two dimensional elastic membranes

TL;DR

This paper applies stochastic thermodynamics, especially thermodynamic uncertainty relations, to analyze how non-equilibrium forces induce morphological transitions in two-dimensional elastic membranes during growth.

Contribution

It introduces a novel application of stochastic thermodynamics to membrane growth, linking thermodynamic uncertainty relations to morphological transitions.

Findings

Thermodynamic uncertainty relations constrain membrane buckling parameters.

Non-equilibrium forcing can induce morphological transformations.

The approach provides a phenomenological description of membrane growth transitions.

Abstract

Stochastic thermodynamics provides a useful set of tools to analyze and constrain the behavior of far from equilibrium systems. In this paper, we report an application of ideas from stochastic thermodynamics to the problem of membrane growth. Non-equilibrium forcing of the membrane can cause it to buckle and undergo a morphological transformation. We show how ideas from stochastic thermodynamics, in particular the recently derived thermodynamic uncertainty relations, can be used to phenomenologically describe and constrain the parameters required to excite morphological changes during a non-equilibrium growth process.