2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A study on interconnection-free biomolecular computing
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23500377
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Bioinformatics/Life informatics
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| Research Institution | Sendai National College of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
HIRATSUKA Masahiko 仙台高等専門学校, 情報ネットワーク工学科, 准教授 (80331966)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 計算機システム / 生体生命情報学 / 分子コンピューティング |
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| Research Abstract |
This study investigates a possibility of constructing massively parallel computing systems using molecular electronics technology. By employing the specificity of biological molecules, such as enzymes, new integrated circuit architectures that are free from interconnection problems could be constructed. To clarify the proposed concept, we present a functional model of an artificial catalyst device called an enzyme transistor. In this study, we develop artificial catalyst devices as basic building blocks for molecular computing integrated circuits, and explore the possibility of a new computing paradigm using reaction-diffusion dynamics induced by collective behavior of artificial catalyst devices.
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