Systems self-assembly
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 vaire
1 online resource (xv, 310 pages, plates) : illustrations (some color)
9780080559759, 9781281189134, 9786611189136, 0080559751, 1281189138, 6611189130
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Ch. 1. Self-organised nanoparticle assemblies: a panoply of patterns
ch. 2. Biomimetic design of dynamic self-assembling systems
ch. 3. Computing by self-assembly: DNA molecules, polyominoes, cells
ch. 4. Evolutionary design of a model of self-assembling chemical structures
ch. 5. Self-assembly as an engineering concept across size scales
ch. 6. Probabilistic analysis of self-assembled molecular networks
ch. 7. The "programming language" of dynamic self-assembly
ch. 8. Self-assembled computer architectures
ch. 9. Simulation of self-assembly processes using abstract reduction systems
ch.10. Computer aided search for optimal self-assembly systems
ch.11. Programmable self-assembly
theoretical aspects and DNA-linked nanoparticles
ch.12. From microscopic rules to emergent cooperativity in large-scale patterns
ch.13. Automated self-assembling programming
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