Systems Self-Assembly: Multidisciplinary Snapshots

✍ Scribed by Natalio Krasnogor, Steven Gustafson, David A. Pelta and Jose L. Verdegay (Eds.)

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 310
• Series: Studies in Multidisciplinarity 5
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Series Dedication
Page v

Preface
Pages xi-xv
Natalio Krasnogor, Steven Gustafson, David A. Pelta, José L. Verdegay

Chapter 1 Self-Organised Nanoparticle Assemblies: A Panoply of Patterns Review Article
Pages 1-20
Christopher P. Martin, Matthew O. Blunt, Emmanuelle Vaujour, Amir Fahmi, Anthony D'Aléo, Luisa De Cola, Fritz Vögtle, Philip Moriarty

Chapter 2 Biomimetic Design of Dynamic Self-Assembling Systems Review Article
Pages 21-48
Kyle J.M. Bishop, Christopher J. Campbell, Goher Mahmud, Bartosz A. Grzybowski

Chapter 3 Computing by Self-Assembly: DNA Molecules, Polyominoes, Cells Review Article
Pages 49-78
Marian Gheorghe, Gheorghe Păun

Chapter 4 Evolutionary Design of a Model of Self-Assembling Chemical Structures Review Article
Pages 79-100
Andrew Buchanan, Gianluca Gazzola, Mark A. Bedau

Chapter 5 Self-Assembly as an Engineering Concept across Size Scales Review Article
Pages 101-121
Sean Stauth, Christopher J. Morris, Babak Parviz

Chapter 6 Probabilistic Analysis of Self-Assembled Molecular Networks Review Article
Pages 123-151
Debayan Bhaduri, Sandeep K. Shukla

Chapter 7 The “Programming Language” of Dynamic Self-Assembly Review Article
Pages 153-179
Ann M. Bouchard, Christina E. Warrender, Gordon C. Osbourn

Chapter 8 Self-Assembled Computer Architectures Review Article
Pages 181-198
Chris Dwyer, Alvin R. Lebeck

Chapter 9 Simulation of Self-Assembly Processes Using Abstract Reduction Systems Review Article
Pages 199-223
Jean-Louis Giavitto, Antoine Spicher

Chapter 10 Computer Aided Search for Optimal Self-Assembly Systems Review Article
Pages 225-243
Pablo Moisset de Espanés

Chapter 11 Programmable Self-Assembly—Theoretical Aspects and DNA-Linked Nanoparticles Review Article
Pages 245-258
B. Högberg, J. Boo, J. Liu-Helmersson, L. Glans, H. Olin

Chapter 12 From Microscopic Rules to Emergent Cooperativity in Large-Scale Patterns Review Article
Pages 259-279
Bosiljka Tadić

Chapter 13 Automated Self-Assembling Programming Review Article
Pages 281-307
Lin Li, Peter Siepmann, James Smaldon, German Terrazas, Natalio Krasnogor

Index
Pages 309-310