Internal noise stochastic resonance in NO reduction by CO on platinum surfaces

We have studied the roles of internal noise in the oscillatory reaction kinetics during NO reduction by CO on low-index single crystal platinum surfaces using the chemical Langevin equation and the Poisson approximation algorithm. Considering that the surface is divided into small well-mixed cells, we have focused on the dynamical behavior inside a single cell. It is found that internal noise can induce rate oscillations and the performance of the stochastic rate oscillations undergoes a maximum with the variation of internal noise level for a given NO partial pressure, demonstrating the occurrence of internal noise stochastic resonance. Such a phenomenon is robust to the change of external parameters, such as NO pressures. Interestingly, it is also found that internal noise noticeably alters the oscillatory waveform and, hence, the reaction activity and oscillation signal intensity, but it nearly does not change the global reaction rate.     

Internal noise stochastic resonance in CO oxidation on nm-sized palladium particles

The constructive roles of noise and disorder in nonlinear system have been extensively studied in the last two decades. Among them the most well known phenomenon is stochastic resonance[1], which demon-strates that noise can help a nonlinear system to det…     

Stochastic bi-resonance induced by external noise for Ca~(2+) signaling in hepatocytes

Noise-induced effects have been widely studied theoretically and experimentally in different fields of science, one of the most interesting phenomena is sto- chastic resonance (SR), and the traditional SR was confined to the single-peak form. However, in …     

Stochastic bi-resonance induced by external noise for Ca<Superscript>2+</Superscript> signaling in hepatocytes

The influence of external noise on intracellular Ca²⁺ oscillations dynamics in a single cell of rat hepatocytes is studied. The coherence of noise-induced intracellular Ca²⁺ oscillations reached two maxima for multiple external noise intensity, indicating the occurrence of external noise stochastic bi-resonance (SBR). This phenomenon is compared with our previous result that was induced by internal noise. Additionally, the deterministic bifurcation character of the system was also discussed.     

Enhancement of stochastic oscillations by colored noise or internal noise in NO reduction by CO on small platinum surfaces

In this paper, based on the stochastic model of NO reduction by CO on Pt crystal surfaces and taking Gaussian colored noise as external fluctuations of the NO partial pressure, we study the effect of the colored noise on the internal noise-induced stochastic oscillations (INSOs) and the effect of internal noise on the colored noise-induced stochastic oscillations (CNSOs). It is found that the INSO can be enhanced by the colored noise with appropriate correlation time or noise strength and, interestingly, the CNSO can be enhanced by the internal noise as well and, moreover, the enhanced CNSO can reach the best oscillatory states repetitively via proper internal noises. This effect of the internal noise is different from its effect on the stochastic oscillations induced by the external Gaussian white noise, which probably results from the interaction of the correlated colored noise and the internal noise.     

Coherent Resonance for Rate Oscillations During CO Oxidation on Pt(110) Surfaces: Interplay Between Internal and External Noise

Effects of noise on rate oscillations during CO oxidation on Pt(110) surface were investigated, both theo-retically and numerically, by focusing on the interplay of internal noise (IN) due to stochasticity in reaction events, and external noise (EN) resulting from parameter perturbation. The surface is divided into cells of variable size which are assumed to be well mixed, and we consider the behavior inside a single cell. At-tention is paid to parameter regions subthreshold of the deterministic Hopf bifurcation, where noise can induce stochastic oscillations, the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of which shows a maximum with the variation of noise intensity, known as coherent resonance (CR). By stochastic normal theory, we show that IN and EN contribute in a weighted additive way to an effective noise that lead to CR, such that SNR shows a ridge shape in the D-1/N plane, where D and 1/N measures the strength of EN and IN, respectively. It is shown that for too large IN (EN), CR behavior with EN (IN) no longer exists. Numerical simulations show good agreements with the theoretical results     

自催化三分子模型内噪声随机共振

The stochastic resonance in chemical reaction systems has recently attracted growing attentions. Using chemical Langevin equation,the effect of internal noise has been studied on the dynamical behavior of a single and a one-way coupled cubic autocatalator. For the single system,it is found that the internal noise can induce sustained oscillations,and the signal-to-noise ratio（SNR）undergoes a maximum with the variation of the system size. For the coupled system,the SNR passes through a maximum with changing coupling strengths as well as with changing system sizes,which demonstrates the occurrence of the internal noise stochastic resonance（INSR）and optimal size effect. In the presence or absence of influx into the system,the coupling enhanced or suppressed INSR is found in the coupled system. All cells of the coupled system appear to exhibit INSR at an approximately equal size at a suitable coupling strength,implying that the optimal system size and coupling strength can make the system reach an optimal chemical reaction state.     

System Size Resonance Associated with Canard Phenomenon in a Biological Cell System

The influence of internal noise on the calcium oscillations is studied. It is found that stochastic calcium oscillations occur when the internal noise is considered, while the corresponding deterministic dynamics only yields a steady state. Also, the performance of such oscillations shows two maxima with the variation of the system size, indicating the occurrence of system size resonance. This behavior is found to be intimately connected with the canard phenomenon. Interestingly, it is also found that one of the optimal system sizes matches well with the real cell size, and such a match is robust to the variation of the control parameters.     

介观振荡化学反应体系的内噪声随机共振

用化学Langevin方程研究了内噪声对介观振荡化学反应体系的影响.研究发现,在确定性体系处于定态条件下,内噪声可以导致体系振荡:随着内噪声强度的变化,诱导振荡信号的信噪比通过一个极大值,表明内噪声随机共振的出现;由于内噪声强度随着系统体积的变化而改变,因此,这一现象也证明了系统尺度共振,即最佳尺度效应的存在.     

耦合生物细胞体系中内噪声对检测弱刺激的积极作用

By constructing a mesoscopic stochastic model for intracellular calcium oscillations in coupled cell system, we investigated the influence of internal noise on the detection of weak stimulation using the chemical Langevin equation (CLE). We found that an optimal cell size V existed for a coupled cell chain length N and an optimal value of N existed for a given cell size V. At these values, the collective calcium oscillations showed the best performance, indicating the occurrence of“system size resonance (SSR)”or“internal noise stochastic resonance (INSR)”. And such a phenomenon was robust to the coupling strength. Living cells may have learned to exploit the internal noise to detect weak stimulation via the mechanism of INSR, and then encode information to specifically regulate distinct cellular functions. It is interesting to note that the optimal cell size is always present at V抑103 μm3, which is close to the real living cell size in vivo. Since the internal noise in living systems can not be ignored and the systems may often encounter weak stimulations, our findings might have significance for stimulation detecting processes in living systems.     

细胞内钙离子体系中的双参数内信号随机共振

自从Benzi等于1981年提出随机共振(SR)现象以来,它已经受到物理、化学和生物学等领域的关注．SR是非线性体系中弱外信号和环境扰动之间的协同作用．后来胡岗等发现外信号可以由体系的内信号所代替,此时出现的SR被称为内随机共振(ISR)．通常对SR的研究都集中在外信号和噪音扰动参数上,如电压、电流和压力等．     

Viscoelastic properties of single polysaccharide molecules determined by analysis of thermally driven oscillations of an atomic force microscope cantilever

We report on single molecule measurements of the viscoelastic properties of the polysaccharide dextran using a new approach which involves acquiring the power spectral density of the thermal noise of an atomic force microscope cantilever while holding the single molecule of interest under force-clamp conditions. The attractiveness of this approach when compared with techniques which use forced oscillations under constant loading rate conditions is that it is a near-equilibrium measure of mechanical response which provides a more relevant probe of thermally driven biomolecular dynamics. Using a simple harmonic oscillator model of the cantilever-molecule system and by subtracting the response of the free cantilever taking into account hydrodynamic effects, the effective damping zetamol and elastic constant kmol of a single molecule are obtained. The molecular elasticity measured by this new technique shows a dependence on applied force that reflects the chair-boat conformational transition of the pyranose rings of the dextran molecule which is in good agreement with values obtained directly from the gradient of a conventional constant loading rate force-extension curve. The molecular damping is also seen to follow a nontrivial dependence on loading which we suggest indicates that it is internal friction and not work done on the solvent that is the dominant dissipative process.     

介观化学体系中的动力学尺度效应

以生命和表面催化体系为对象,研究了介观化学体系中内涨落对体系非线性动力学行为的调控作用。内涨落可以诱导随机振荡,其强度在体系处于最佳尺度时会出现一个甚至多个极大值,并且在耦合体系中会得到进一步增强,表现为尺度共振效应、尺度选择效应和双重尺度效应,揭示了介观化学体系中尺度效应的新机制。     

介观化学体系中的动力学尺度效应

以生命和表面催化体系为对象,研究了介观化学体系中内涨落对体系非线性动力学行为的调控作用。内涨落可以诱导随机振荡,其强度在体系处于最佳尺度时会出现一个甚至多个极大值,并且在耦合体系中会得到进一步增强,表现为尺度共振效应、尺度选择效应和双重尺度效应,揭示了介观化学体系中尺度效应的新机制。     

阳极溶解电化学振荡体系中白噪声诱导随机共振的模拟

通过对电化学阳极溶解振荡模型加白噪声后引发的随机共振现象的模拟研究发现,在该体系的周期二振荡态时呈现显性内信号随机共振现象。当白噪声加在该电化学体系的周期二振荡态时,内信号的信噪比随着噪声的增大达到了最大值。同样噪声强度情况下,强信号的信噪比增加比弱信号的增加更加迅速。如果同时改变噪声强度,体系的信号频率也维持不变。研究表明,噪声对内信号的优化具有选择性,而体系的内信号也具有抵抗噪声和维持内在机制不变的性质。     

细胞体系中内噪声对弱信号检测的积极作用

在小尺度的生物化学反应体系中内噪声是普遍存在的,本文采用化学Langevin方程研究了细胞体系中内噪声对弱信号检测的作用. 研究发现, 在Hopf分岔点附近, 当弱信号非常小以至于不能独立地激发细胞内的钙尖峰振荡时, 内噪声能够帮助细胞内的钙振荡信号越过一个域值, 并且在一个最佳的内噪声强度下, 内噪声、内噪声诱导的钙振荡和弱信号之间会产生共振现象, 由此极大地增强了细胞体系对弱信号的检测能力. 由于内噪声是通过细胞尺度变化而改变的, 因此这种现象也说明了在对弱信号检测行为中最佳细胞尺度的存在. 研究还发现最佳的细胞尺度与真正的细胞体积是相吻合的, 并且基本不随外界刺激的改变而改变, 这具有重要的生物学意义.     

Colored noise-enhanced intrinsic stochastic oscillations in CO oxidation on nanometer-sized Pd particles

How colored Gaussian noise (CN) affects the intrinsic stochastic oscillations (ISO) of CO oxidation on a nm-sized Pd particle is studied. It is found that the optimal ISO can be enhanced not only by a CN with appropriate noise intensity, but by a CN with appropriate correlation times. Moreover, the optimal ISO can be most greatly enhanced by the CN when the noise intensity or the correlation time is optimal. This result shows that external noise may, via its interplay with the internal noise of the system, play a constructive role in the ISO of the system, and the ISO can employ the external noise to reach a best oscillation performance. Supported by the Science Foundation of Ludong University (23140301, L20072805)     

Simulation of noise characteristic effects on stochastic resonance in Belousov-Zhabotinsky flow reaction

A three-variable model, which was proposed to account for the stochastic resonance (SR) in Belousov-Zhabotinsky (B-Z) reaction in a continuous-flow stirred-tank reactor, is investigated when the control parameter kr, the flow rate, is modulated by noise near supercritical Hopf bifurcation point. Using the computer simulation, noise-induced oscillations are observed, and the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) goes through a maximum with the increment of noise intensity, which means occurrence of stochastic resonance. in addition, we have also investigated the effects of correlation time of colored noise and the duration time of white noise on the system's dynamics.     

Constructive Role of Internal Noise for the Detection of Weak Signal in Cell System

Taking into account the existence of internal noise in small scale biochemical reaction systems, we studied how the internal noise would influence the detection of weak external signal in the cell system using chemical Langevin equation. The weak signal was too small to, separately, fire calcium spikes for the cell. We found that, near the Hopf bifurcation point, the internal noise could help the calcium oscillation signal cross a threshold value, and at an optimal internal noise level, a resonance occurred among the internal noise, the internal noise-induced calcium oscillations, and the weak signal, so as to enhance intensively the ability of the cell system to detect the weak signal. Since the internal noise was changed via the cell size, this phenomenon demonstrated the existence of an optimal cell size for the signal detection. Interestingly, it was found that the optimal size matched well with the real cell size, which was robust to external stimulus, this was of significant biological meaning.