Table 4 Chemical potentials estimated from the standard deviation of the relative occupancy reported in Tab. 1. Results are shown for three fixed values of J,and correspond to the data presented in the right panel of Fig. 9.

From: Signature of cooperativity in the stochastic fluctuations of small systems with application to the bacterial flagellar motor

Bead size

\(\mu\) estimated from \(\sigma\)

\(J = 1\)

\(J = 2\)

\(J = 3\)

300 nm

\(-1.4 \pm 0.4\)

\(-2.55 \pm 0.11\)

\(-3.48 \pm 0.06\)

\(-1.61 \pm 0.21\)

\(-2.63 \pm 0.09\)

\(-3.53 \pm 0.05\)

\(-1.59 \pm 0.33\)

\(-2.6 \pm 1.1\)

\(-3.53 \pm 0.07\)

300 nm + Glycerol

\(-1.19 \pm 0.19\)

\(-1.5 \pm 0.9\)

\(-3.45 \pm 0.3\)

500 nm

\(-0.99 \pm 0.01\)

\(-1.53 \pm 0.13\)

\(-3.44 \pm 0.06\)

\(-1.00 \pm 0.01\)

\(-2.30 \pm 0.12\)

\(-3.4 \pm 0.7\)

\(-0.99 \pm 0.01\)

\(-1.6 \pm 0.5\)

\(-3.4 \pm 0.7\)

500 nm + Glycerol

\(-1.53 \pm 0.09\)

\(-2.60 \pm 0.03\)

\(-3.51 \pm 0.02\)

1300 nm

\(-0.2 \pm 1.4\)

\(-2.75 \pm 0.16\)

\(-3.6 \pm 0.1\)

\(-1.61 \pm 0.20\)

\(-2.63 \pm 0.08\)

\(-3.53 \pm 0.05\)

\(-1.00 \pm 0.01\)

\(-1.6 \pm 0.5\)

\(-3.4 \pm 0.7\)