Front Cover: How Activated Carboxylic Acids Can Drive Dissipative Systems (ChemSystemsChem 5/2025)

Abstract

Activated Carboxylic Acids (ACAs) have been extensively used to drive dissipative systems relying on the acid-base reaction. This concept illustrates in detail the three possible kind of systems whose operation is enabled by ACAs: i) systems operating under dissipative conditions, ii) energy ratchets, and iii) systems operating under non-equilibrium steady state (NESS). More in the concept article by Matteo Valentini, Gianfranco Ercolani, and Stefano Di Stefano.