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Molecular Electronics

Biosensors and Biocomputers

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  • © 1989

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  1. Felix T. Hong

    1. Wayne State University, Detroit, USA

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Table of contents (43 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. A Pioneer in Molecular Electronics

    1. A Pioneer in Molecular Electronics

      • Forrest L. Carter, Hank Wohltjen
      Pages 1-1

  3. Fabrication of Molecular Assemblies

    1. Forrest L. Carter Lecture: Organized Monolayers — Building Blocks in Constructing Supramolecular Devices

      • Hans Kuhn
      Pages 3-24

    2. Syntheses of Electrically Conductive LB Films and Host-Guest LB Films of Cyclodextrins and Azobenzenes

      • Yasujiro Kawabata
      Pages 25-31

    3. Artificial Structure of Metal Complexes by Selective Coordination Epitaxy

      • Hiroshi Tanino, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Takafumi Yao
      Pages 33-39

    4. Industrial Scale Production of L-B Layers

      • O. Albrecht, T. Ginnai, A. Harrington, D. Marr-Leisy, V. Rodov
      Pages 41-49

  4. Characterization of Molecular Assemblies

    1. Depth Profiling in Organic Thin Films with Optical Guided Waves

      • D. R. Miller, P. W. Bohn
      Pages 51-57

    2. Synchrotron X-Ray Studies on Lipid Monolayers

      • C. A. Helm
      Pages 59-68

    3. Fluorescence Image Analysis of the Spatial Organization of Lipid Layers

      • F. Caratozzolo, A. Chiabrera, M. Esposito, A. Gliozzi, M. Grattarola, G. Mazzoni et al.
      Pages 69-76

  6. Metallo-Proteins and Other Electroactive Molecules

    1. Biomolecular Electronics: Structure ↔ Function Relationship

      • L. Powers
      Pages 115-123

    2. Synthetic Models for Photoinduced Electron Transfer Reactions

      • A. D. Joran
      Pages 125-130

    3. Electron Transfer Rates in Mitochondrial Proteins: Regulation and Specificity

      • G. McLendon, Q. Zhang, K. Pardue, F. Sherman, A. Corin, R. Ciacarelli et al.
      Pages 131-140

    4. Dye Binding to Polytryptophan and Lysine-Tryptophan Copolymer: Electron Transfer Quenching by Biopolymer Pendant Groups

      • Guilford Jones II, Cathy Weiss
      Pages 141-147

    5. Photoactive Interfacially Polymerized Polyporphyrin Films

      • G. W. Rayfield, D. T. Friesen, D. Lorenz, C. Wamser
      Pages 149-157

  7. Retinal Proteins and other Pigment Proteins

    1. Light Energy Transducing and Signal Transducing Rhodopsins of Halobacteria

      • Walther Stoeckenius
      Pages 159-163

    2. Visual Phototransduction: Biochemical Aspects

      • Hitoshi Shichi
      Pages 165-171
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The dream of developing a biocomputer should not be dismissed as a sheer fantasy. Although there is naturally some doubt as to whether it is possible to design a computer using carbon-based components as in living organisms, instead of silicon-based components as in existing computers, the fact that an average brain often outperforms the most sophisticated computer in terms of the complexity of tasks, if not in terms of speed, is a living testimony to this possibility. The remaining question is to what extent a biocomputer can mimic a living organism and whether it is possible to design and fabri­ cate such a biocomputer within the foreseeable future. This volume does not attempt to provide immediate and exact answers to these questions but instead attempts to provide a vision and a progress report of the initial efforts. This volume is mainly a collection of papers presented at the Symposium on Molecular Electronics - Biosensors and Biocomputers, sponsored by the Divi­ sion of Biotechnology, Health and Environment of the Fine Particle Society, held from July 19-22, 1989 at the Society's 19th Annual Meeting in Santa Clara, California. Also included are articles contributed by those who planned to attend the conference but were unable to do so. The emergence of the field of molecular electronics is largely the consequence of one person's crusade, that of Forrest L. Carter.

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  • Wayne State University, Detroit, USA

    Felix T. Hong

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