Index_C
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C
Carbon, molecular properties pertinent to molecular computation, 6-7
Carrier-mediated transport across membrane, 46-49
Cascade systems, in molecular recognition, 44
Cassette mutagenesis, 212-213, 214
Catalysis
ATP hydrolysis as example of, 45-46
in Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction, 109
link with molecular recognition, 45-46
definition of, 45 (see also Cocatalysis)
Cation, recognition of. See Spherical recognition
Cell, biological, using for computation, 182-184
3CNF-SAT or 3SAT, solving, 184
encoding of variables into cell, and problems with, 184
flip-flop in E. coli, 183-184
Cells, definition of in reaction-diffusion system, 102-103
Cellular automata
definition of, 66
DNA, using blocks of as, 171-172
one-dimensional, 79-80
Characterization of types of nonlinear media according to excitation characteristics, 83
Chemical computing. See also Instance machines
architecture-free, 65
structured, 65
Chemical network. See Continuous-flow stirred-tank reactors
Chemical processors. See also Instance machines, Reaction-diffusion systems, and
Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction
architecturally free processors
stirred, 65
nonstirred, 65-66
structured processors, 65
Chiral receptor, 42
Chiral discrimination, 42
example of in chemical system, 54
Cilia, artificial. See Actuators, gel
Classification of nonlinear media, 83-84. See also Complexity
Cleft, in molecular recognition, 35
Cocatalysis, 46-47
Collision-based computing, 73-74, 76-82
breathers in DNA molecules as example of, 77-80
collision of breather with excited impurity, 78, 79
collision of breather with impurity, 77-79
collision of two breathers, 77, 78
dynamic circuits in, 76-82
mobile excitations in molecular arrays as example, 80-82
quasiparticles in gas-discharge systems as example, 82
sources of, 76
Complementarity, kinds of, 35
Complexation, effects of in supramolecular systems, 43-44
Complexity
algorithmic, 1-4
definition of, 93-94
behavioral
definition of, 93
in biological systems, 95-96
of biological systems, estimates of levels of complexity within, 95-96
computational, definition of, 93, 94-95
dynamic (see behavioral)
estimation of, numeric, 94-95
examples of in biological systems, 95-96
nonlinear, and link with high computational complexity, 98-99
sources of, 8
static (see Structural complexity)
structural, definition of, 93
link with behavioral complexity, 96
Compression
effect on adaptability, 5
of function, 3-5
Computational complexity. See Complexity, computational
Computation universality, 73, 76
Computer, deterministic, definition of, 2
Context sensitivity, 6, 12
physiochemical, 12
Continuous-flow stirred-tank reactors, 108, 137-138
Contour enhancement. See Image processing in Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction
Control complexity. See Complexity, computational
Cosystems, in molecular recognition, 44
Coupled reaction-diffusion systems. See also Belousov-Zhabotinsky systems
chlorite-iodine reaction, used as a coupled reaction-diffusion system, 134-135
efficiency of recalling patterns in actual system, 138
finite-state machines, 135
Hopfield-type neural networks, implementing, 135-136
recognition capabilities of, 133-138
Turing machine, implementing, 135
Crown ether, as example of effects of complexa-tion, 43
Cryptate, 37, 43
CSTR. See Continuous-flow stirred-tank reactors
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