Universally programmable intelligent matter summary

Universally programmable intelligent matter summary (2002)

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by Bruce J. Maclennan

Venue:	in IEEE Nano 2002. IEEE Press
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TITLE	Universally programmable intelligent matter summary	INFERENCE
AUTHOR NAME	Bruce J. Maclennan	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR AFFIL	Department of Computer Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR ADDR	TN 37996, USA	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
ABSTRACT	Abstract — We explain how a small set of molecular building blocks will allow the implementation of “universally programmable intelligent matter, ” that is, matter whose structure, properties, and behavior can be programmed, quite literally, at the molecular level. I. DEFINITIONS Intelligent matter is any material in which individual molecules or supra-molecular clusters function as agents to accomplish some purpose. Intelligent matter may be solid, liquid, or gaseous, although liquids and membranes are perhaps most typical. Universally programmable intelligent matter (UPIM) is made from a small set of molecular building blocks that are universal in the sense that they can be rearranged to accomplish any purpose that can be described by a computer program. In effect, a computer program controls the behavior of the material at the molecular level. In some applications the molecules self-assemble a desired nanostructure by “computing ” the structure and then becoming inactive. In other applications the material remains active so that it can respond, at the molecular level, to its environment or to other external conditions. An extreme case is when programmable supra-molecular clusters act as autonomous agents to achieve some end. Although materials may be engineered for specific purposes, we will get much greater technological leverage by designing a “universal material ” which, like a generalpurpose computer, can be “programmed ” for a wide range of applications. To accomplish this, we must identify a set of molecular primitives that can be combined for widely varying purposes. The existence of such universal molecular operations might seem highly unlikely, but there is suggestive evidence that it may be possible to discover or synthesize them. II. APPROACH Accomplishing the goals of UPIM will require the identification of a small set of molecular building blocks that is	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
YEAR	2002	INFERENCE
VENUE	in IEEE Nano 2002. IEEE Press	INFERENCE
VENUE TYPE	CONFERENCE	INFERENCE
VOLUME	2002	INFERENCE
CITATIONS	11 found	ParsCit 1.0