2009/05/11 by Francesco Piazza, Yves‐Henri Sanejouand, Yves-Henri Sanejouand
Computer Science · Engineering · Neuroscience · Physics and Astronomy · Psychology · #Aerospace engineering #Affect (linguistics) #Biological system #Biology #Breather #Chemical physics #Communication #Computer science #Electrical engineering #Energy (signal processing) #Energy transfer #Engineering #Neuroscience #Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation #Nonlinear Photonic Systems #Nonlinear system #Physics #Psychology #Quantum mechanics #Range (aeronautics) #Relaxation (psychology) #Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies #Statistical physics #Topology (electrical circuits) #Transfer (computing) #cond-mat.other #cond-mat.soft
paper · pdf · doi:10.1209/0295-5075/88/68001
4 pages, 3 figures
arxiv created 2009/05/11 · openalex publication_date 2009/12/01 · arxiv updated 2015/05/13 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06
We investigate how nonlinearity and topological disorder affect the energy relaxation of local kicks in coarse-grained network models of proteins. We find that nonlinearity promotes long-range, coherent transfer of substantial energy to specific functional sites, while depressing transfer to generic locations. In some cases, transfer is mediated by the self-localization of discrete breathers at distant locations from the kick, acting as efficient energy-accumulating centers.