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Reaction-Diffusion System in a Vesicle with Semi-Permeable Membrane

Hidetsugu Sakaguchi

cond-mat.stat-mecharXiv:cond-mat/0603360

Abstract

We study the Schloegl model in a vesicle with semi-permeable membrane. The diffusion constant takes a smaller value in the membrane region, which prevents the outflow of self-catalytic product. A nonequilibrium state is stably maintained inside of the vesicle. Nutrients are absorbed and waste materials are exhausted through the membrane by diffusion. It is interpreted as a model of primitive metabolism in a cell.

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