Systems self-assembly : multidisciplinary snapshots /
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 w...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
Elsevier Science,
2008.
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| Series: | Studies in multidisciplinarity ;
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 volume |
| ISBN: | 9780444528650 0444528652 |