Dissipation induced transitions in two dimensional elastic membranes

Stochastic thermodynamics provides a useful set of tools to analyze and constrain the behavior of far from equilibrium systems. In this paper, we report an application of ideas from stochastic thermodynamics to the problem of membrane growth. Non-equilibrium forcing of the membrane can cause it to buckle and undergo a morphological transformation. We show how ideas from stochastic thermodynamics, in particular a recent application to self-assembly, can be used to phenomenologically describe and constrain morphological changes excited during a non-equilibrium growth process.