PMID- 34155496 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20210701 LR - 20210701 IS - 1463-9084 (Electronic) IS - 1463-9076 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 25 DP - 2021 Jun 30 TI - Entropic analysis of bistability and the general evolution criterion. PG - 14051-14063 LID - 10.1039/d1cp01236c [doi] AB - We present a detailed study of the entropy production, the entropy exchange and the entropy balance for the Schlogl model of chemical bi-stability for both the clamped and volumetric open-flow versions. The general evolution criterion (GEC) is validated for the transitions from the unstable to the stable non-equilibrium stationary states. The GEC is the sole theorem governing the temporal behavior of the entropy production in non-equilibrium thermodynamics, and we find no evidence for supporting a "principle" of maximum entropy production. We use stoichiometric network analysis (SNA) to calculate the distribution of the entropy production and the exchange entropy over the elementary flux modes of the clamped and open-flow models, and aim to reveal the underlying mechanisms of dissipation and entropy exchange. FAU - Hochberg, David AU - Hochberg D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0411-019X AD - Department of Molecular Evolution, Centro de Astrobiologia (CSIC-INTA), Carretera Ajalvir Kilometro 4, 28850 Torrejon de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain. hochbergd@cab.inta-csic.es. FAU - Ribo, Josep M AU - Ribo JM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6258-1726 AD - Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Institute of Cosmos Science (IEEC-UB), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. jmribo@ub.edu. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Phys Chem Chem Phys JT - Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP JID - 100888160 SB - IM EDAT- 2021/06/23 06:00 MHDA- 2021/06/23 06:01 CRDT- 2021/06/22 06:38 PHST- 2021/06/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/06/23 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2021/06/22 06:38 [entrez] AID - 10.1039/d1cp01236c [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2021 Jun 30;23(25):14051-14063. doi: 10.1039/d1cp01236c.