Systems self-assembly
Subtitle: multidisciplinary snapshots
By: edited by Natalio Krasnogor ... [et al.].
Contributors: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Series: Studies in multidisciplinarity -- 5
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
ISBN-13: 9780444528650
Subjects: Self-assembly (Chemistry)
Description: Self-assembly is a process that creates complex heirarchical structures through the statistical exploration of alternative configurations. These processes occur without external intervention. Self-Assembly processes are ubiquitous in nature. Understanding how nature produces self-assembled systems will represent an enormous leap forward in our technological capabilities. Robustness and versatility are some of the most important properties of self-assembling natural systems. Although systems where self-assembly occurs, or which are created by a self-assembling process, are remarkably vaired, some common principles are starting to be discerned. The unifying thread throughout the book is the "Computational Nature of Self-Assembling Systems." *The only book to showcases state-of-the-art self-assembly systems that arise from the computational, biological, chemical, physical and engineering disciplines *Coherent, integrated view of both book practice examples and new trends with a clearly presented computational flavor *Written by world experts in each area.
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Table of contents: title: Ch. 1: Self-Organised Nanoparticle Assemblies: A Panoply of Patterns; title: Ch. 2: Biomimetic Design of Dynamic Self-Assembling Systems; title: Ch. 3: Computing by Self-Assembly: DNA Molecules, Polyominoes, Cells; title: Ch. 4: Evolutionary Design of a Model of Self-Assembling Chemical Structures; title: Ch. 5: Self-Assembly as an Engineering Concept across Size Scales; title: Ch. 6: Probabilistic Analysis of Self-Assembled Molecular Networks; title: Ch. 7: The "Programming Language" of Dynamic Self-Assembly; title: Ch. 8: Self-Assembled Computer Architectures; title: Ch. 9: Simulation of Self-Assembly Processes Using Abstract Reduction Systems; title: Ch.10: Computer Aided Search for Optimal Self-Assembly Systems; title: Ch.11: Programmable Self-Assembly-Theoretical Aspects and DNA-Linked Nanoparticles; title: Ch.12: From Microscopic Rules to Emergent Cooperativity in Large-Scale Patterns; title: Ch.13: Automated Self-Assembling Programming.