Supra-molecular agents running tasks intelligently (SMARTI): recent developments in molecular logic-based computation

Recent developments in natural computation

The main objective of this special issue is to present readers with the significantly extended and improved versions of several high-quality articles presented at the Third International Conference on Natural Computation (ICNC’07). ICNC’07 was held jointly with The Fourth International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (FSKD’07) from August 24 to 27, 2007 in Haikou, Hainan, Ch...

Molecular logic gates: Recent advances and perspectives

The capacity and miniaturization of information storage and processing technology are rapidly approaching a limit. Alternative materials and operating principles for the elaboration and communication of data in electronic circuits and optical networks must be identified. Molecular level computing is predicted as the ultimate solution to overcome the present limitation of computing devices in te...

Recent Developments in Hydrogen Evolving Molecular Cobalt(II)-Polypyridyl Catalysts

The search for efficient noble metal-free hydrogen-evolving catalysts is the subject of intense research activity. A new family of molecular cobalt(II)-polypyridyl catalysts has recently emerged. These catalysts prove more robust under reductive conditions than other cobalt-based systems and display high activities under fully aqueous conditions. This review discusses the design, characterizati...

Recent Developments to Understand Molecular Changes in Shocked Energetic Materials

Recent developments in molecular dynamics simulations of fluorescent membrane probes.

Due to their sensitivity and versatility, the use of fluorescence techniques in membrane biophysics is widespread. Because membrane lipids are non-fluorescent, extrinsic membrane probes are widely used. However, the behaviour of these probes when inserted in the bilayer is often poorly understood, and it can be hard to distinguish between legitimate membrane properties and perturbation resultin...