Bio-molecular architectural concept and bio-component studies
Bio-molecular architectural concept and bio-component studies The novelty of the bio-inspired architecture to be presented here lies in the strategic use of integrated biological elements to achieve higher-level function and spectral data processing within a nanoscale and molecular-level architecture. As discussed at length in Section 1, fundamental absorption/emission properties present in known biological materials (e.g., DNA, RNA, etc.) can provide new insight for a novel approach to nanoscale device functionality and integrated molecular-level sensing and data processing. Specifically, DNA and RNA macromolecules have been shown to exhibit spectral absorption characteristics with multiple absorption peaks that might be used to selectively filter and control transmission frequency channels at very long wavelengths. In addition, the absorption characteristics of such bio-molecules are known to be strongly dependent on molecular conformations. As all bio-molecules can be e...