Molecular Computing
- Table of Contents
- BackCover
- Molecular Computing
- In Memoriam
- Introduction - What Is Molecular Computing?
- Chapter 1: Conformation-Based Computing - A Rationale and a Recipe
- 1.2 Algorithmic Complexity Rationale
- 1.3 Trade-Off Principle
- 1.4 Pertinent Molecular Properties
- 1.5 Example: Protein Solubility as a Language
- 1.6 Macro-Micro Interface
- 1.7 Prototype System
- 1.8 Multienzyme Response Surfaces: A Simulated Example
- 1.9 Architectures and Adaptive Procedures
- 1.10 Transformal Computing
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 2: Molecular Recognition - Storage and Processing of Molecular Information
- 2.1 Definition of Molecular Recognition
- 2.2 Molecular Recognition: How to Do It Right the First Time
- 2.3 Examples of Molecular-Recognition Processes
- 2.4 Effects of Complexation
- 2.5 Multiple Recognition and its Applications
- 2.6 Molecular Recognition in Chemical Systems
- 2.7 Self-Assembly, Self-Recognition, and Self-Organization
- 2.9 Thermodynamics, Information, and Entropy
- References
- Chapter 3: Computing in Reaction-Diffusion and Excitable Media - Case Studies of Unconventional Processors
- 3.1 Reaction-Diffusion and Excitation
- 3.2 What Is a Reaction-Diffusion Processor?
- 3.3 How Do We Simulate Reaction-Diffusion Processors?
- 3.4 Specialized Processors
- 3.5 Plane Subdivision
- 3.6 Skeletonization
- 3.7 Reaction-Diffusion Robots
- 3.8 Computation Universal Processors
- 3.9 Stationary Circuits
- 3.10 Dynamical Circuits: Collision-Based Computing
- 3.11 Discovering Computing Abilities
- 3.12 Discussion
- References
- Chapter 4: Chemical-Based Computing and Problems of High Computational Complexity - The Reaction-Diffusion Paradigm
- 4.2 Complexity: Structural, Behavioral, and Computational
- 4.3 Behavioral Complexity of Biomolecular Systems
- 4.4 General Principles of Information Processing Inherent in Biomolecular and Simple Biological Entities
- 4.5 A Biomolecular Reaction-Diffusion Processor: Basic Principles
- 4.6 Amazing Belousov-Zhabotinsky Media
- 4.7 Image Processing by Belkousov-Zhabotinsky-Type Media
- 4.8 More Complicated Problem: Finding the Shortest Path in a Labyrinth
- 4.9 Recognition Capabilities of Coupled Reaction-Diffusion Systems
- 4.10 Numerical Modeling: From the Generation of Button Textures up to Pattern Formation in Ecological Systems
- 4.11 What Next: Toward a Biomolecular Computer?
- References
- Chapter 5: DNA Computing and Its Frontiers
- 5.2 The New World of DNA Computing
- 5.3 The Old World of DNA Computing
- 5.4 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 6: Bioelectronics and Protein-Based Optical Memories and Processors
- 6.1 Bioelectronics versus Semiconductor Electronics
- 6.2 Bioelectronic Devices Based on Bacteriorhodopsin
- 6.3 Genetic Engineering of Proteins for Device Applications
- References
- Chapter 7: Bioelectronics and Biocomputers
- 7.2 Biosensors
- 7.3 Molecular Electronic Devices
- 7.4 Biocomputers
- References
- Index
- Index_B
- Index_C
- Index_D
- Index_E
- Index_F
- Index_G
- Index_H
- Index_I-J
- Index_K
- Index_L
- Index_M
- Index_N
- Index_O
- Index_P-Q
- Index_R
- Index_S
- Index_T
- Index_U
- Index_V
- Index_W
- Index_X-Z
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Sidebars