Molecular information processing

Lehn, J. M. (1990) Perspective in supramolecular chemistry - from molecular recognition towards molecular information-processing and selforganization. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 29, 1304-1319. 

A. Ciabrera, E. D. Zitti, and G. M. Bisio, Molecular information processing and physical constraints on computation, Chemtronics, 5, 17-22 (1991). 

Perspectives in Supramolecular Chemistry-From Molecular Recognition towards Molecular Information Processing and Self-Organization [J.-M. Lehn, Angew. Chem. 1990,102, 147 , Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl. 1990, 29, 1304],... 

Not only can the technique of persistent photochemical spectral hole-burning (PSHB) be useful for molecular information processing but it has also been discussed for some time in the context of extremely dense frequency-domain optical data storage [59, 60]. 

In principle, CD rotaxanes can be used for molecular information processing if they are reversibly switchable between two states, such as CD [2]-rotaxanes comprising two different binding sites within their axes, as shown in Fig. 14. In the off state, the threaded CD recognizes the better binding site and settles there. Once the... 

Lehn JM. 1990. Perspectives in supramolecular chemistry from molecular recognition towards molecular information processing and self organization. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 29 1304 1319. 

There are three more notes to add. Bennett discussed more than just molecular information processing he considered as well the principles of mechanical computation [3], The fundamentals have received further elaboration in the Feynman lectures on computation [26], Second, as indicated in Chapter 1, ABA units encode molecular information at a high level. Information at a deeper level has been explored extensively by the work of Parr and Yang [27] and Nalewajski [28], Last, thermochemical tables are indispensable to all branches of chemistry. Extensive compilations have been presented by Cox and Pilcher [29]. 

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