A soft-bent dimer composite exhibiting twist-bend nematic phase: Photo-driven effects and an optical memory device

SK Prasad, PL Madhuri, P Satapathy… - Applied Physics …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
We report the influence of photoisomerization on a guest-host composite comprising a soft-
bent dimer exhibiting the presently sought-after twist-bend nematic (N TB) phase, doped …

Conventional verification for unconventional computing: a genetic XOR gate example

S Konur, M Gheorghe, C Dragomir… - Fundamenta …, 2014 - content.iospress.com
As unconventional computation matures and non-standard programming frameworks are
demonstrated, the need for formal verification will become more prevalent. This is so …

A photo-driven dual-frequency addressable optical device of banana-shaped molecules

S Krishna Prasad, P Lakshmi Madhuri… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We propose a photonic switch employing a blend of host banana-shaped liquid crystalline
molecules and guest photoisomerizable calamitic molecules. The material exhibits a change …

Wasps, termites, and waspmites: distinguishing competence from performance in collective construction

S Bullock, D Ladley, M Kerby - Artificial Life, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We introduce a distinction between algorithm performance and algorithm competence and
argue that bio-inspired computing should characterize the former rather than the latter. To …

State-changeable device

E Loertscher - US Patent 9,595,328, 2017 - Google Patents
A state-changeable device includes a first and a second particle arranged in proximity to
each other; and a coupling material between the first and the second particle; wherein the …

Formalizing modularization and data hiding in synthetic biology

H Fellermann, M Hadorn, RM Fuechslin… - ACM Journal on …, 2014 - dl.acm.org
Biological systems employ compartmentalization and other co-localization strategies in
order to orchestrate a multitude of biochemical processes by simultaneously enabling “data …

Chemical production and molecular computing in addressable reaction compartments

H Fellermann, N Krasnogor - Conference on Computability in Europe, 2014 - Springer
Biological systems employ compartmentalisation in order to orchestrate a multitude of
biochemical processes by simultaneously enabling “data hiding” and modularisation. In this …

[PDF][PDF] Conventional Verification for Unconventional Computing: a Genetic XOR Gate Example

MG Savas Konur, C Dragomir, F Ipate, N Krasnogor - academia.edu
As unconventional computation matures and non-standard programming frameworks are
demonstrated, the need for formal verification will become more prevalent. This is so …

[HTML][HTML] Photochromic molecular implementations of universal computation

JC Chaplin, N Krasnogor, NA Russell - Biosystems, 2014 - Elsevier
Unconventional computing is an area of research in which novel materials and paradigms
are utilised to implement computation. Previously we have demonstrated how registers …

State-changeable device

E Loertscher - US Patent 10,692,577, 2020 - Google Patents
A state-changeable device includes a first and a second particle arranged in proximity to
each other; and a coupling material between the first and the second particle; wherein the …