Molecular Computing [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

Molecular Computing

byTanya Sienko, Andrew Adamatzky, Nicholas G. RambidiandMichael Conrad (eds)

ISBN:0262194872

The MIT Press
2003
(257 pages)

This text covers abstract principles of molecular computing and the building of actual systems.
Topics include the use of proteins and other molecules for information processing, molecular recognition, computation in nonlinear media, and more.

Table of Contents

Molecular Computing

In Memoriam

Introduction—What Is Molecular Computing?

Chapter 1
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Conformation-Based Computing—A Rationale and a Recipe

Chapter 2
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Molecular Recognition—Storage and Processing of Molecular Information

Chapter 3
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Computing in Reaction-Diffusion and Excitable Media—Case Studies of Unconventional Processors

Chapter 4
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Chemical-Based Computing and Problems of High Computational Complexity—The Reaction-Diffusion Paradigm

Chapter 5
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DNA Computing and Its Frontiers

Chapter 6
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Bioelectronics and Protein-Based Optical Memories and Processors

Chapter 7
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Bioelectronics and Biocomputers

Index

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Sidebars