Mechanism for the formation of density gradients through semipermeable membranes

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Serra, Roberto ^a,b   Villani, Marco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR LIVING TECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY GRADIENTS; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; ORIGIN OF LIFE; POSSIBLE FUTURES; SEMI-PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; STEADY-STATE VALUES; TRANSIENT CONCENTRATION;

SURFACE REACTIONS;

CHEMICALS;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; PHYSIOLOGY;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR;

EID: 84879835496     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.87.062814     Document Type: Article

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