An introduction to the principles and design of molecular computers.
In MemoriamIntroduction: What Is Molecular Computing?1Conformation-Based Computing: A Rationale and a Recipe12Molecular Recognition: Storage and Processing of Molecular Information333Computing in Reaction-Diffusion and Excitable Media: Case Studies of Unconventional Processors634Chemical-Based Computing and Problems of High Computational Complexity: The Reaction-Diffusion Paradigm915DNA Computing and Its Frontiers1536Bioelectronics and Protein-Based Optical Memories and Processors1917Bioelectronics and Biocomputers221Contributors249Index251