Bridging nonliving and living matter

Artificial Life

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 269-316

  Rasmussen, Steen ^a,b   Chen, Liaohai ^c   Nilsson, Martin ^a   Abe, Shigeaki ^a,c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial chemistry; Evolution; Multiscale simulation; Nanotechnology; Origins of life; Photochemistry; Physical chemistry; Proto cells; Self assembly; Supermolecular chemistry

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GENES; LIPIDS; METABOLISM; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ARTIFICIAL CHEMISTRY; PROTO-CELLS; SUPERMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0042890425     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/106454603322392479     Document Type: Article

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