From simple building blocks to structures with increasing size and complexity

✍ Scribed by A. Müller; P. Kögerler

• Book ID: 104111865
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 850 KB
• Volume: 182
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0010-8545
• DOI: 10.1016/s0010-8545(98)00226-4

✦ Synopsis

In Nature, complex molecular systems like proteins have evolved (natura naturans) which are perfectly suited to their functions. These are produced in a sequence of steps under dissipative conditions-that is, far from equilibrium. The challenge for the chemist is to