Liquid Hopfield model: retrieval and localization in multicomponent liquid mixtures

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Main Authors: Teixeira, Rodrigo Braz, Carugno, Giorgio, Neri, Izaak, Sartori, Pablo
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Published: 2023
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author Teixeira, Rodrigo Braz
Carugno, Giorgio
Neri, Izaak
Sartori, Pablo
author_facet Teixeira, Rodrigo Braz
Carugno, Giorgio
Neri, Izaak
Sartori, Pablo
contents Biological mixtures, such as the cellular cytoplasm, are composed of a large number of different components. From this heterogeneity, ordered mesoscopic structures emerge, such as liquid phases with controlled composition. These structures compete with each other for the same components. This raises several questions, such as what types of interactions allow the retrieval of multiple ordered mesoscopic structures, and what are the physical limitations for the retrieval of said structures. In this work, we develop an analytically tractable model for liquids capable of retrieving states with target compositions. We name this model the liquid Hopfield model in reference to corresponding work in the theory of associative neural networks. By solving this model, we show that non-linear repulsive interactions are necessary for retrieval of target structures. We demonstrate that this is because liquid mixtures at low temperatures tend to transition to phases with few components, a phenomenon that we term localization. Taken together, our results demonstrate a trade-off between retrieval and localization phenomena in liquid mixtures.
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spellingShingle Liquid Hopfield model: retrieval and localization in multicomponent liquid mixtures
Teixeira, Rodrigo Braz
Carugno, Giorgio
Neri, Izaak
Sartori, Pablo
Biological Physics
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Soft Condensed Matter
Biomolecules
Biological mixtures, such as the cellular cytoplasm, are composed of a large number of different components. From this heterogeneity, ordered mesoscopic structures emerge, such as liquid phases with controlled composition. These structures compete with each other for the same components. This raises several questions, such as what types of interactions allow the retrieval of multiple ordered mesoscopic structures, and what are the physical limitations for the retrieval of said structures. In this work, we develop an analytically tractable model for liquids capable of retrieving states with target compositions. We name this model the liquid Hopfield model in reference to corresponding work in the theory of associative neural networks. By solving this model, we show that non-linear repulsive interactions are necessary for retrieval of target structures. We demonstrate that this is because liquid mixtures at low temperatures tend to transition to phases with few components, a phenomenon that we term localization. Taken together, our results demonstrate a trade-off between retrieval and localization phenomena in liquid mixtures.
title Liquid Hopfield model: retrieval and localization in multicomponent liquid mixtures
topic Biological Physics
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Soft Condensed Matter
Biomolecules
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.18853