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Recovery of Free Energy Branches in Single Molecule Experiments
2009
Physical Review Letters
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We present a method for determining the free energy of coexisting states from irreversible work measurements. Our approach is based on a fluctuation relation that is valid for dissipative transformations in partially equilibrated systems. To illustrate the validity and usefulness of the approach, we use optical tweezers to determine the free energy branches of the native and unfolded states of a two-state molecule as a function of the pulling control parameter. We determine, within 0.6 kT
doi:10.1103/physrevlett.102.070602
pmid:19257655
fatcat:r3es2g4t2vhjhcyownztukwhuy