Scenarios for molecular-level signal processing

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1753-1763

  Seminario, Jorge M ^a,b,c,d   Yan, Liuming ^a,c   Ma, Yuefei ^a  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Materials Science and Engineering Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomolecules; DNA; Electrostatics; Molecular electronics; Molecular electrostatic potentials (MEPs); Molecular signal processing (MSP); Proteins; Signal transmission in molecules; Terahertz (THz); Terahertz signal processing; Vibronics

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DNA; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROSTATICS; MICROELECTRONICS; PROTEINS;

BIOMOLECULES; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MOLECULAR ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIALS (MEP); MOLECULAR SIGNAL PROCESSING (MSP); SIGNAL TRANSMISSION IN MOLECULES; TERAHERTZ (THZ); TERAHERTZ SIGNAL PROCESSING; VIBRONICS;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 26444442487     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2005.853541     Document Type: Conference Paper

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