Tanya Sienko
Andrew Adamatzky
Nicholas Rambidi
Michael Conrad
The MIT Press
Cambridge, Massachusetts
London, England
Copyright 2003 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Molecular computing / edited by Tanya Sienko … [et al.].
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
0-262-19487-2
(hc. : alk. paper)
1. Molecular computers. I. Sienko, Tanya.
QA76.887.M65 2003
621.391—dc21 2002044409
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Dedicated to the memory of Michael Conrad, who died during the preparation of this book
Contributors
Andrew Adamatzky
Computing, Engineering, and Mathematical Sciences University of the West of England Bristol, England
Robert R. Birge
W. M. Keck Center for Molecular Electronics and Department of Chemistry Syracuse University Syracuse, New York and: Departments of Chemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut
Michael Conrad (deceased)
Department of Computer Science Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan
Isao Karube
School of Bionics Tokyo Institute of Technology Hachioji, Tokyo
Jean-Marie Lehn
College de France Strasbourg, France
Carlo C. Maley
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle, Washington
Duane L. Marcy
W. M. Keck Center for Molecular Electronics and Department of Chemistry Syracuse University Syracuse, New York
Nicholas G. Rambidi
International Research Institute for Management Sciences and Physics Department Moscow State University Moscow, Russia
Satoshi Sasaki
Katayanagi Advanced Research Laboratories Tokyo University of Technology Hachioji, Tokyo
Tanya Sienko
Institute of Computer Science Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany
Bryan W. Vought
W. M. Keck Center for Molecular Electronics and Department of Chemistry Syracuse University Syracuse, New York and Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts
Klaus-Peter Zauner
Institute of Computer Science Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany