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Preface<br> <br> MOLECULAR INFORMATION PROCESSING: FROM SINGLE MOLECULES TO SUPRAMOLECULAR SYSTEMS AND INTERFACES -<br> FROM ALGORITHMS TO DEVICES<br> <br> FROM SENSORS TO MOLECULAR LOGIC: A JOURNEY<br> Introduction <br> Designing Luminescent Switching Systems <br> Converting Sensing/Switching into Logic <br> Generalizing Logic <br> Expanding Logic <br> Utilizing Logic <br> Bringing in Physical Inputs <br> Summary and Outlook <br> <br> BINARY LOGIC WITH SYNTHETIC MOLECULAR AND SUPRAMOLECULAR SPECIES <br> Introduction <br> Combinational Logic Gates and Circuits <br> Sequential Logic Circuits <br> Summary and Outlook <br> <br> 4 PHOTONICALLY SWITCHED MOLECULAR LOGIC DEVICES <br> Introduction <br> Photochromic Molecules <br> Photonic Control of Energy and Electron Transfer Reactions <br> Boolean Logic Gates <br> Advanced Logic Functions <br> Conclusion <br> <br> ENGINEERING LUMINESCENT MOLECULES WITH SENSING AND LOGIC CAPABILITIES <br> Introduction <br> Engineering Luminescent Molecules <br> Logic Gates with the Same Modules in Different Arrangements <br> Consolidating AND Logic <br> "Lab-on-a-Molecule" Systems <br> Redox-Fluorescent Logic Gates <br> Summary and Perspectives <br> <br> SUPRAMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING <br> Introduction <br> Recognition of Metal Ion Inputs by Crown Ethers <br> Hydrogen-Bonded Supramolecular Assemblies as Logic Devices <br> Molecular Logic Gates with [2]Pseudorotaxane-and [2]Rotaxane-Based Switches <br> Supramolecular Host-Guest Complexes with Cyclodextrins and Cucurbiturils <br> Summary <br> <br> HYBRID SEMICONDUCTING MATERIALS: NEW PERSPECTIVES FOR MOLECULAR-SCALE INFORMATION PROCESSING <br> Introduction <br> Synthesis of Semiconducting Thin Layers and Nanoparticles <br> Electrochemical Deposition <br> Organic Semiconductors - toward Hybrid Organic/Inorganic Materials <br> Mechanisms of Photocurrent Switching Phenomena <br> Digital Devices Based on PEPS Effect <br> Concluding Remarks <br> <br> TOWARD ARITHMETIC CIRCUITS IN SUBEXCITABLE CHEMICAL MEDIA <br> Awakening Gates in Chemical Media <br> Collision-Based Computing <br> Localizations in Subexcitable BZ Medium <br> BZ Vesicles <br> Interaction Between Wave Fragments <br> Universality and Polymorphism <br> Binary Adder <br> Regular and Irregular BZ Disc Networks <br> Memory Cells with BZ Discs <br> Conclusion <br> <br> HIGH-CONCENTRATION CHEMICAL COMPUTING TECHNIQUES FOR SOLVING HARD-TO-SOLVE PROBLEMS, AND THEIR RELATION TO NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATION, NEURAL COMPUTING, REASONING UNDER UNCERTAINTY, AND FREEDOM OF CHOICE <br> What are Hard-To-Solve Problems and Why Solving Even One of Them is Important <br> How Chemical Computing Can Solve a Hard-To-Solve Problem of Propositional Satisfiability <br> The Resulting Method for Solving Hard Problems is Related to Numerical Optimization, Neural Computing, Reasoning under Uncertainty, and Freedom of Choice <br> <br> ALL KINDS OF BEHAVIOR ARE POSSIBLE IN CHEMICAL KINETICS: A THEOREM AND ITS POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS TO CHEMICAL COMPUTING<br> Introduction <br> Main Result <br> Proof <br> <br> KABBALISTIC-LEIBNIZIAN AUTOMATA FOR SIMULATING THE UNIVERSE <br> Introduction <br> Historical Background of Kabbalistic-Leibnizian Automata <br> Proof-Theoretic Cellular Automata <br> The Proof-Theoretic Cellular Automaton for Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction <br> The Proof-Theoretic Cellular Automaton for Dynamics of Plasmodium of Physarum polycephalum <br> Unconventional Computing as a Novel Paradigm in Natural Sciences <br> Conclusion <br> <br> APPROACHES TO CONTROL OF NOISE IN CHEMICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL INFORMATION AND SIGNAL PROCESSING <br> Introduction<br> From Chemical Information-Processing Gates to Networks <br> Noise Handling at the Gate Level and Beyond <br> Optimization of AND Gates <br> Networking of Gates <br> Conclusions and Challenges <br> <br> ELECTROCHEMISTRY, EMERGENT PATTERNS, AND INORGANIC INTELLIGENT RESPONSE <br> Introduction <br> Patten Formation in Complex Systems <br> Intelligent Response and Pattern Formation <br> Artificial Cognitive Materials <br> An Intelligent Electrochemical Platform <br> From Chemistry to Brain Dynamics <br> Final Remarks <br> <br> ELECTRODE INTERFACES SWITCHABLE BY PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL SIGNALS OPERATING AS A PLATFORM FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING<br> Introduction<br> Light-Switchable Modified Electrodes Based on Photoisomerizable Materials<br> Magnetoswitchable Electrodes Utilizing Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles or Nanowires<br> Potential-Switchable Modified Electrodes Based on Electrochemical Transformations of Functional Interfaces<br> Chemically/Biochemically Switchable Electrodes and Their Coupling with Biomolecular Computing Systems<br> Summary and Outlook <br> <br> CONCLUSIONS AND PERSPECTIVES<br> <br> Index <br>

Evgeny Katz received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Frumkin Institute of Electrochemistry (Moscow) in 1983. He was a senior researcher in the Institute of Photosynthesis (Pushchino), Russian Academy of Sciences (1983-1991), a Humboldt fellow at Technische Universitat Munchen (Germany) (1992-1993), and a research associate professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1993-2006). Since 2006 he is Milton Kerker Chaired Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Clarkson University, NY (USA). He has (co)authored over 300 papers in the areas of biocomputing, bioelectronics, biosensors and biofuel cells (Hirsch-index 65). Professor Katz serves as Editor-in-Chief for IEEE Sensors Journal and a member of editorial boards of many other journals.<br> <br> On February 10, 2011, Thomson Reuters released data identifying the world's top 100 chemists over the past 10 years as ranked by the impact of their published research. Evgeny Katz was included in the list as #62 from approximately a million chemists indexed by Thomson Reuters.

Edited by a renowned and much cited chemist, this book covers the whole span of molecular computers. The contributions by all the major scientists in the field provide an excellent overview of the latest developments in this rapidly expanding area. <br /> A must-have for all researchers working on this hot topic.<br /> <br /> Perfectly complements Biomolecular Information Processing, also by Professor Katz, and available as a two-volume set.<br /> <br /> From the contents:<br /> <ul> <li>Binary Logic with Synthetic Molecular and Supramolecular Species</li> <li>Photonically Switched Molecular Logic Devices</li> <li>Engineering Luminescent Molecules with Sensing and Logic Capabilities</li> <li>Supramolecular Assemblies for Information Processing</li> <li>Hybrid Semiconducting Materials</li> <li>Towards Arithmetic Circuits in Sub-Excitable Chemical Media</li> <li>All Kinds of Behavior are Possible in Chemical Kinetics: A Theorem and Its Potential Applications to Chemical Computing</li> <li>Kabbalistic-Leibnizian Automata for Simulating the Universe</li> <li>Electrochemistry, Emergent Patterns and Inorganic Intelligent Response</li> <li>Electrode Interfaces Switchable by Physical and Chemical Signals Operating as a Platform for Information Processing</li> <li>and more</li> </ul>

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