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Molecular Electronics: Bio-sensors and Bio-computers

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  • © 2003

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Editors:
  1. L. Barsanti

    1. CNR Institute of Biophysics, Pisa, Italy

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  2. V. Evangelista

    1. CNR Institute of Biophysics, Pisa, Italy

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  3. P. Gualtieri

    1. CNR Institute of Biophysics, Pisa, Italy

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  4. V. Passarelli

    1. CNR Institute of Biophysics, Pisa, Italy

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  5. S. Vestri

    1. CNR Institute of Biophysics, Pisa, Italy

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry (NAII, volume 96)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Quantum Mechanical Design of Light Driven Molecular Logical Machines and Elements of Molecular Quantum Computers

    • A. Tamulis, J. Tamuliene, V. Tamulis
    Pages 1-27

  3. Extreme Miniaturization: Molecular-Level Devices and Machines

    • V. Balzani, A. Credi, M. Venturi, A. Di Fabio
    Pages 29-41

  4. Tetrathiafulvalene and its Derivatives as π-Electron Donating Units in Pseudorotaxanes, Rotaxanes, and Catenanes

    • A. Di Fabio, R. Ballardini, M. T. Gandolfi
    Pages 43-51

  5. Hybrid Ferroxide - Organic Layers

    • S. Kolev, T. Merodiiska, P. Zubov, I. Nedkov, S. Nikitov
    Pages 53-57

  6. Molecular Electronic Devices

    • J. Chen, M. A. Reed, S. M. Dirk, D. W. Price, A. M. Rawlett, J. M. Tour et al.
    Pages 59-195

  7. The Lipid Bilayer Principle and Molecular Electronics

    • A. Ottova, H. T. Tien
    Pages 197-225

  8. Molecular Control of Electron Transfer Events Within and Between Biomolecules

    • David N. Beratan
    Pages 227-236

  9. Peptide Foldamers as Building Blocks for Ordered Nanomolecular Architectures

    • M. Venanzi, A. Palleschi, L. Stella, B. Pispisa
    Pages 237-254

  10. Influence of Substance Structure on Change of Electrochemical Properties of Bilayer Lipid Membranes

    • K. E. Kylyvnyk
    Pages 255-264

  11. Biomolecular Electronic Device Applications of Bacteriorhodopsin

    • Jeffrey A. Stuart, Duane L. Marcy, Kevin J. Wise, Robert R. Birge
    Pages 265-299

  12. Photoinduced Anisotropy and Dynamic Polarization Holography on Bacteriorhodopsin Films for Optical Information Processing

    • E. Korchemskaya, D. Stepanchikov
    Pages 301-310

  13. Bioelectronics: Development of Biosensors, Biofuel-Cells and Circuitry

    • Itamar Willner, Bilha Willner, Eugenii Katz
    Pages 311-339

  14. Optical Waveguide Lightmode Spectroscopy and Biocomputing

    • L. FÁBiÁn, L. Oroszi, P. Ormos, A. DÉr
    Pages 341-348

  15. Biosensors in Flow Conditions for Biological Analytes

    • D. Barak-Shinar, M. Rosenfeld, S. Abboud
    Pages 349-353

  16. Optical and Electrochemical Biosensors for Express Environmental Monitoring

    • N. F. Starodub, V. M. Starodub, A. M. Katzev, I. A. Levkovetz, T. L. Dibrova, V. E. Krivenchuk et al.
    Pages 355-372

  17. An Algorithm Generating Long Sequences of Stimuli in Behavioral Science: A Suitable Test for Biosensors

    • G. Bandoni, G. Cesaretti, C. Kusmic, D. Musumeci
    Pages 373-378

  18. Physiological and Artificial Biosensor for Odour Recognition Systems

    • P. Pelosi
    Pages 379-388

  19. Euglena Gracilis Case: A Real Biosensor

    • Davide Bertolini, Paolo Gualtieri
    Pages 389-399

  20. The Future of the Electronics Industry and the Potential of Molecular Electronics

    • G. Lagioia, T. Gallucci
    Pages 401-415
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How fast and powerful can computers become? Will it be possible someday to create artificial brains that have intellectual capabilities comparable to those of human beings? The answers to these questions depend to a very great extent on a single factor: how small and dense we can make computer circuits. Very recently, scientists have achieved revolutionary advances that may very well radically change the future of computing.

There are significant advantages to using biological molecules in a new computational paradigm, since nature has solved similar problems to those encountered in harnessing organic molecules to perform data manipulation. Biomolecules could be used as photonic devices in holography, as spatial light modulators, in neural network optical computing, as nonlinear optical devices, and as optical memories. Such computers may use a billion times less energy than electronic computers, while storing data in a trillionth of the space, while also being highly parallel. Research projects implemented by national and international groups have produced a large amount of data from multidisciplinary work, ranging from physics and engineering to chemistry and biology.

Editors and Affiliations

  • CNR Institute of Biophysics, Pisa, Italy

    L. Barsanti, V. Evangelista, P. Gualtieri, V. Passarelli, S. Vestri

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