Applying the Maxwell equations to mitochondria seems a hopeless task: there is so much complexity. But computers and their chips are nearly as complicated. Design of circuits is done every day by uncounted numbers of engineers and scientists, thanks to Kirchoff's Current Law, which is a conservation law in one dimensional (branched) systems of devices. Kirchoff's current law conserves flux, not current in its usual derivation. But Maxwell's equations do not conserve flux; they conserve total current. Total current J equals flux plus displacement current J+ eps_0 partial E/partial t . Maxwell's definition of current allows circuit laws to be applied to complex systems of devices, over a wide range of times and conditions. Channels and enzymes are devices because they localize current flow. Channels and enzymes can be analyzed by the methods of circuit theory, for that reason.
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1. From Maxwell to Mitochondria
Robert (‘Bob’) Eisenberg
Dept of Applied Mathematics
Illiois Institute of Technology
Dept of Physiology and Biophysics
Rush University
Chicago IL USA
ResearchGate DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.22234.29129
January 7 2020
4. Applying Maxwell to Mitochondria
Seems Hopeless
Source: textbooks and internet
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Hopeless, if one must
“… exhibit in every case all the charges,
whatever their origin”
p.10-4 of Feynman, Leighton, and Sands (1963) Electromagnetism and Matter
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BUT …… is it
Hopeless to know all
charges and how they
move in an IC?
integrated circuit
Source: textbooks and internet
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Integrated Circuits are Designed
with Kirchhoff’s Current Law
and little else!!!
Hard as that is to believe
Source: textbooks and internet
8. Derivation of Kirchhoff’s Law is at DC
Derivation of Kirchhoff’s law is about fluxes
References and Proofs in
Eisenberg. 2019. Kirchhoff's Law can be Exact. arXiv: 1905.13574
Eisenberg, Gold, Song, and Huang. 2018.
What Current Flows Through a Resistor?
arXiv:1805.04814
9. Derivation of Kirchhoff’s law is about fluxes
BUT
FLUXES ARE NOT CONSERVED
according to experiment or Maxwell equations
NOT AT ALL at 𝟏𝟎−𝟏𝟎
sec
10. 𝑹𝑪 = charging time = 𝟏𝟎−𝟏𝟐 farads × 𝟏𝟎 𝟑 ohm = 𝟏𝟎−𝟗 𝐬𝐞𝐜
FLUXES ARE NOT CONSERVED
I𝐢𝐧
𝑽 𝒐𝒖𝒕 = 𝑰𝒊𝒏 𝟏 − 𝒆 Τ−𝒕 𝑹𝑪
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Maxwell
and
Kirchhoff
DISAGREE
in usual derivation of Kirchhoff
using flux of charges
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Must extend Kirchhoff’s Laws to general systems
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Deriving Kirchhoff’s Laws
from Maxwell Equations
and conservation of current
is
Not so Easy as it seems
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Using Maxwell Equations
and conservation of current
is
NON-TRIVIAL
because
Traditional Maxwell Equations Cannot be Used
Maxwell’s equations do not deal with
Diffusion
Convection
Complex materials
Complicated dielectric properties
Dielectrics are almost NEVER ideal
Eisenberg, 2019. Dielectric Dilemma. arXxiv: 1901.10805.
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Traditional Form of Maxwell Equations Cannot be Used
Maxwell’s equations do not deal with
Diffusion
Convection
Complex materials
Complicated dielectric properties
Eisenberg, 2019. Dielectric Dilemma. arXxiv: 1901.10805.
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It is necessary to update Maxwell’s Equations
to see how
Kirchhoff’s law & Conservation of Current
apply to
Complex Liquids
and
Complex Biological Systems
Eisenberg, R. S. 2019. Updating Maxwell with Electrons, Charge, and More Realistic
Polarization. arXiv 1904.09695
.
Eisenberg, Oriols, and Ferry. 2017. Dynamics of Current, Charge, and Mass. Molecular Based
Mathematical Biology 5:78-115 and arXiv preprint 1708.07400.
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It is necessary to update Maxwell’s Equations
https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.09695
Not just my opinion
This is the opinion* of Nobel Prize winners in Physics,
Richard Feynman
(quantum electrodynamics)
and
Edward Purcell
(nuclear magnetic resonance)
*p. 10-7 of Feynman, Leighton, and Sands. 1963. Mainly Electromagnetism and Matter
*p. 506 of Purcell and Morin. 2013. Electricity and Magnetism
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Maxwell’s equations do not deal with
Diffusion
Convection
Complex materials
Complicated dielectric properties
Indeed, Maxwell’s original equations do not include ions or electrons or their movement!
Textbook treatments do not deal with other forces like diffusion or convection at all.
What are the PHYSICAL problems
with traditional Maxwell Equations?
Eisenberg, 2019. Dielectric Dilemma. arXxiv: 1901.10805.
19. Updating Maxwell
Move 𝜺 𝒓 − 𝟏 𝜺 𝟎 terms into 𝐉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 and 𝝆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓
1
𝜇0
𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐥 𝐁 𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧|𝑡 = ሚ𝐉 𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧|𝑡 + 𝐉 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧|𝑡 + 𝜺 𝐫 𝜀0
𝜕𝐄 𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧|𝑡
𝜕𝑡
𝐝𝐢𝐯 𝐃 𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧|𝑡 = 𝐝𝐢𝐯 𝜺 𝒓 𝜀0 𝐄 𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧|𝑡 = 𝝆 𝑓 𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧|𝑡 + 𝝆 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧|𝑡
*Over-simplification of a single (real number) dielectric constant 𝜺 𝒓 can easily be removed
by describing explicitly the actual properties of charges 𝝆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 and currents 𝐉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓
See Eisenberg 2019 Arxiv 1904.09695.
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1
𝜇0
𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐥 𝐁 = ሚ𝐉 + 𝐉 𝑛𝑜𝑛−𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑙 + 𝜺 𝒓 − 1 𝜀0
𝜕𝐄
𝜕𝑡
+ 𝜀0
𝜕𝐄
𝜕𝑡
Ions
Non-ideal Ideal
Dielectric
Space
Updated Derivation
Conservation of Current
Ions can be included
and nonideal polarization, currents, charges, etc.
1
Ampere’s Law
a Maxwell Equation
𝐉 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧|𝑡
Bold red means dangerously oversimplified: 𝜺 𝐫
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𝐝𝐢𝐯
1
𝜇0
𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐥 𝐁 = 𝐝𝐢𝐯 ሚ𝐉 + 𝐉 𝑛𝑜𝑛−𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑙 + 𝜺 𝒓 − 1 𝜀0
𝜕𝐄
𝜕𝑡
+ 𝜀0
𝜕𝐄
𝜕𝑡
= 0
Ions
Non-ideal Ideal
Dielectric
Space
Updated Derivation
Conservation of Current
Ions can be included
and nonideal polarization, currents, charges, etc.
2
Conservation
of
Current
𝐉 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧|𝑡
Bold red means dangerously oversimplified: 𝜺 𝐫
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Conservation of Current
is
Universal and Exact
because
It is a Property of Space
Τ𝝏𝑬 𝝏𝒕 in a vacuum produces B field
Not a property of matter
It arises from the Principle of
Relativity
every textbook and
Dunstan, D. (2008) Phil Trans Roy Soc A: 366 1861
Charge does not vary when velocity → speed of light
Mass, length, time do vary
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Note
Flux ሚ𝐉 + 𝐉 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 of charged matter is NOT NOT NOT conserved
div ሚ𝐉 + 𝐉 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 ≠ 𝟎
Maxwell equations imply that
Charge and Matter accumulate because 𝜀0
𝜕E
𝜕𝑡
≠ 0
div ሚ𝐉 + 𝐉 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 = 𝜀0
𝜕𝐄
𝜕𝑡
≠ 0
In physical language,
Some charge accumulates in the ‘stray’ capacitance of space
independent of matter
𝐼in 𝑉𝑜𝑢𝑡 = 𝐼𝑖𝑛 1 − 𝑒 Τ−𝑡 𝑅𝐶
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Continuity Equation
seems to be equivalent to Conservation of Current
mathematically
But it is NOT equivalent to Conservation of Current in practice
Conservation of Current does NOT require knowledge of charges
Continuity Equation requires knowledge of charges
and their motion
𝐝𝐢𝐯 𝐉 + 𝐉 𝑛𝑜𝑛−𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑙 = −
𝜕𝛒 𝑓
𝜕𝑡
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All is obvious to a fine practicing engineer
“Bob, why do you need all that math?
Everyone knows how to use Kirchhoff.
Everyone knows you have to include the displacement current.
No one would try to keep track of all the charges”
Paraphrase of email exchange
Alan Finkel
Founder Axon Instruments,
Now
Chief Scientist
Australian Goverment
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Conservation of Current is Exact and Universal
in updated Maxwell Equations
Major Consequences are most easily understood in
One-dimensional SERIES circuit
All currents are equal
No matter what the microphysics
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Continuity of Current is Exact in
Kelvin’s Submarine Telegraph
𝒊 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 = 𝒊𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝
How can that possibly be true?
Source: internet
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All currents are equal
no matter what the microphysics
in one-dimensional series circuit
over any length scale, including
trans-atlantic
or
less chauvinistically
trans-oceanic
31. *
i E t= *
i E t=
D = permittivity E
Ag AgClAg AgCl
Continuity of Current 𝑱… is Exact
𝑱 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝟏 = 𝑱 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝟐 = 𝑱 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝟑 …
no matter what carries the current,
at all times and all locations!
Flux is NOT continuous, current is continuous
Current has very Different Physics
in Different Systems
32. Conservation of Current is Exact
even though
Physics of Charge Flow ҧ𝐉 𝑥, 𝑡
Varies Profoundly
Flux of Charges = ҧ𝐉 = ሚ𝐉 + 𝐉 𝑛𝑜𝑛−𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑙 + 𝜀 𝑟 − 1 𝜀0
𝜕𝐄
𝜕𝑡
𝐝𝐢𝐯 ҧ𝐉≠0
𝐝𝐢𝐯 ҧ𝐉 𝑥, 𝑡 + 𝜀0
𝜕𝐄 𝑥, 𝑡
𝜕𝑡
= 𝟎
Current
Flux of Charges
34. Page 34
Electric Field takes on the
Value that Conserves Current
𝐄 𝑥, 𝑡 = − 1
𝜀0
න 𝐉 𝑥, 𝑡 𝑑𝑡
Details and PROOF
including quantum mechanics at
https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.09175
Specifically,
E moves atoms and creates the ‘ethereal’ current ε0 Τ𝜕𝑬 𝜕𝑡
So total current 𝐉 𝑥, 𝑡 + ε0 Τ𝜕𝑬 𝜕𝑡 is always conserved
One-dimensional perhaps branched
35. Page 35
Electric Field takes on the
Value that Conserves Current
This is NOT mysterious
Details and PROOF
including quantum mechanics at
https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.09175
Specifically,
E moves atoms
so total current 𝐉 𝑥, 𝑡 + ε0 Τ𝜕𝑬 𝜕𝑡 is always conserved
One dimensional perhaps branched systems
36. Page 36
Τ𝝏𝑬 𝝏𝒕 creating 𝑩 field in a vacuum
is
Mysterious
Is Τε 𝟎 𝝏𝑬 𝝏𝒕 an ethereal current?
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Conservation of Current is Exact and Universal
So what?
Current must always be described
by Continuum Equations
Particle motion does NOT define Current
Contradicts Intuition
Current ≠ Flux of charge
Flux is defined by particle motion
Current is not
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CurrentCurrent
= 𝜺 𝟎
𝛛𝐄
𝝏𝒕
Vacuum
Current
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Contradicts Intuition
Small Systems
REQUIRE
Continuum Description
of
Electric Current
Current does NOT flow by hopping
Current is independent of location in series systems
Particle Motion can be hopping, not current
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Conservation of Current
is
Practically Important
in
Understanding
Transporters
Oxidative Phosphorylation
Photosynthesis
main processes in life
41. Bilayer Setup ‘voltage clamp’
Inhomogeneous Dirichlet Condition
For voltage
Classic Voltage Clamp
Natural Setup: small cell, etc.
Homogeneous
Neumann Boundary Condition
For total current
Hodgkin Huxley Katz 1952
Na+ Ca++
Na+ Ca++
𝐼 = 𝐼 𝑁𝑎 + 𝐼 𝐶𝑎 = 𝟎
𝐼 𝑁𝑎 = −𝐼 𝐶𝑎
𝐼 𝑁𝑎 𝐼 𝐶𝑎
Independent Currents
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With Conservation of Current
mitochondria are no more difficult than
large circuit problems
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NOT hopeless,
Maxwell Predicts Important Biophysics
Independent
of details of the Mitochondrion
if a
branched
One-dimensional Formulation
is appropriate
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Inside Channels
PROFOUND SIMIPLIFICATION
If we can figure out how to exploit it
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Profound Implications of One
Dimensional Systems for atomic
view of ion channels
Current is equal everywhere in a channel
At all times and under all conditions
that the Maxwell Equations Apply
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Profound Implications of One Dimensional Systems for atomic
view of ion channels
Spatial Variable does NOT appear
in description of current in a one
dimensional channel
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Spatial Variable does NOT appear
in description of current in a one
dimensional channel
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Hopping Model is
COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE
for current that is uniform in 𝒙
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Spatial Variable does appear in
description of ion movement in a
one dimensional channel
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Spatial Variable does NOT appear
in description of current in a one
dimensional channel
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Spatial Variable does NOT appear in description of current in a
one dimensional channel
Molecular Dynamics that
1) conserves current
2) has one dielectric constant
3) extends to biological time scales
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Spatial Variable does NOT appear in description of
current in a one dimensional channel
Quasi-particle for current CONDUCTON
left over is DIFFUSON + POLARON.
𝚺 = PERMION*
*Elber, Chen, Rojewska, and Eisenberg. 1995.
Sodium in gramicidin: An example of a permion.
Biophys. J. 68:906-924.
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Spatial Variable does NOT appear in description of
current in a one dimensional channel
Another way is to include equality of current
as a constraint in time averaging schemes
e.g., of Ma and Liu
Ma, Li, and Liu. 2016.. arXiv:1605.04886.
Ma, Li, and Liu. 2016. arXiv:1606.03625.
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Paradigm Change
Current does not knock on or knock off
Current does not hop
Current must be described by a continuum
equation
Current flow is equal everywhere
in a one dimensional channel
59. Main Applications of Electrodynamics
involve
Ions
that diffuse
Semiconductors
where Holes and Electrons diffuse and carry charge
Digital Technology, Smartphones, Computers
Electrolyte Solutions
where ions diffuse and have bulk flow
Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Nanotechnology
These applications are ENORMOUSLY IMPORTANT
Involving a good fraction of human life
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Ions
holes and electrons are usually
Permanent Charges
Ions move by Diffusion
Driven by Concentration
Ions move by Convection
Driven by Pressure
Ions move by Migration
Driven by Electric Field
Ions move in Complex Dielectrics
Maxwell Equations need to be Updated
to deal with these realities
Classical Maxwell Equations
only deal with electric field
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It is NOT necessary to know the charges
to understand one crucial property of electrodynamics
Engineers use Kirchhoff’s Current Law
at 𝟏𝟎−𝟏𝟎 sec and 𝟏𝟎−𝟖 cm
Kirchhoff’s Current Law
is a crucial property of electrodynamics
Equivalent to the Maxwell equations themselves
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Polarization of Matter εr − 1 ε0
𝜺 𝒓 involves all movements of matter that do not translate mass,
roughly speaking
𝜺 𝒓 − 𝟏 𝜺 𝟎
is as complex
as the motion of matter itself.
Seems hopeless to make a general theory
What are the problems with textbook Maxwell Equations?
𝜺 𝒓 𝜺 𝟎 is a hybrid
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describes
Polarization of Space 𝜺 𝟎
Polarization of space 𝜀0 is uniform and as exact as Maxwell’s equations
Polarization of Matter εr − 1 ε0
𝜺 𝒓 involves all movements of matter that do not translate mass,
roughly speaking
𝜺 𝒓 𝜺 𝟎 is a hybrid
What are the problems with textbook Maxwell Equations?
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Polarization of Space 𝜺 𝟎
Polarization of space 𝜀0 is uniform and as exact as Maxwell’s
equations
Implies Propagation of Light
Universal and Exact Conservation of Current
Independent of matter
Is linked to Special Relativity
𝜺 𝒓 𝜺 𝟎 is a hybrid
65. Applying Maxwell to Transporters
1) Sum of Currents in a Transporter is zero in ‘small cell’, mitochondrion, etc.
2) Currents are Coupled in a Transporter in a natural setting by Maxwell
3) Bilayer set up does NOT require currents to sum to zero.
Bilayer setup sets voltage across transporter, currents are not controlled.
4) So transporter currents s are NOT coupled by Conservation of Current
in standard bilayer setup
Natural Setting
Experimental Setting