Structural vs Driven Quantum Coherence

In the paper's words

The pursuit of ambient superconductivity is hampered by a fundamental trade-off between active, energy-intensive control and passive, structural stability. Current literature lacks a unified framework that connects the thermodynamic costs of information, substrate complexity, and the disparate mechanisms of high-Tc superconductivity. This paper proposes a ‘Signal-Worker’ ontology to unify biological quantum transport and solid-state physics through a novel analytical framework.

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What it claims

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Numbers it reports

1. This operational cost is rooted in the physical nature of information, where creating and maintaining order against environmental noise has an inescapable thermodynamic price, as established by Landauer’s principle (Bérut et al., 2012).

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2. While phenomenally successful in generating transient, laboratory-bound effects and pushing the boundaries of non-equilibrium physics (Hu et al., 2014; Song et al., 2025), they are unlikely to yield the stable, ambient, and energy-efficient solutions required for transformative technologies.

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3. It directly engages with foundational questions about determinism and emergence by linking the thermodynamic cost of maintaining a macroscopic state (Bérut et al., 2012) to the computational complexity of its underlying structure (Quni-Gudzinas, 2026b) and dynamics (Adhikari et al., 2024).

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4. Seminal work using a colloidal particle in a double-welled potential demonstrated a direct measurement of this dissipated heat, showing that as the erasure process is performed more slowly (approaching the quasi-static limit), the energy cost saturates precisely at the predicted $k_B T \ln 2$ bound (Bérut et al., 2012).

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5. For ambient superconductors, it implies that a stable state must have found a supremely efficient way to pay the thermodynamic cost of maintaining its order against the thermal fluctuations of a 300K environment.

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6. The results show that simple, periodic structures yield a low LCI, fully chaotic structures yield a high but sub-optimal LCI, and complex, ‘life-like’ structures (such as Rule 110) produce an LCI value in the predicted ‘Goldilocks zone.’ This confirms that the LCI metric successfully distinguishes between mere randomness and useful, ordered complexity.

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How it is done

1. Another prominent active control method involves the application of extreme static pressure to synthesize novel material phases.

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2. A more tunable and powerful method of passive control is ‘Moiré engineering,’ or ‘twistronics,’ where stacking two-dimensional materials with a slight rotational mismatch creates a long-wavelength superlattice.

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3. This mathematical term, formally derived in Appendix A and simulated in a simplified model (see Appendix B.7), mediates the ‘instructions’ from the Signal to the Workers.

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4. The second research question seeks to move beyond qualitative descriptions to a predictive, quantitative law: What is the quantitative relationship between the ‘Lossless Complexity Index’ (LCI) of a substrate and its thermodynamic efficiency (relative to Landauer’s bound) in sustaining macroscopic quantum coherence?

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What would falsify it

1. This provides a clear, testable prediction that links the abstract ontology to measurable and calculable properties of the system.

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2. This prediction, inspired by the principles of ENAQT observed in biological systems, connects the speculative framework of constructal determinism to the practical goal of thermodynamic efficiency.

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3. In conclusion, the Complexity-Efficiency Hypothesis provides a clear, quantitative, and falsifiable design principle for engineering quantum metamaterials.

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Where the claim stops

1. Whether it is the picosecond lifetime of light-induced states or the instability of hydrides upon pressure release, active systems cannot sustain coherence without the continuous application of the external field.

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2. The second limitation is thermodynamic inefficiency.

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3. The third limitation is instability and sensitivity to noise.

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Where to read

1. A22 words · 1 min
2. Abstract147 words · 1 min
3. Keywords37 words · 1 min
4. 1.04,528 words · 20 min
5. 2.03,772 words · 16 min
6. 3.0 Methodology3,496 words · 15 min
7. 4.0 Analysis of Actively3,552 words · 15 min
8. 5.0 Analysis of2,719 words · 12 min
9. 6.0 Synthesis and Discussion3,065 words · 13 min
10. 7.0 Conclusion and Future Work2,412 words · 10 min
11. Appendices |1,686 words · 7 min