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DNA Internet, computing on, 165
genetic information, 100 ionization, by femtosecond lasers 3, 10,
use in computing, 169 11, 18
Dr Who, 46 isotope, kinetic effect, 26
drugs, designing, 153
duality, wave–particle, 22, 28 kinetic isotope effect, 26

ear laser–atom interactions, 2–3
models, 160 lasers
structure of inner, 162 attosecond, 18
Earth Science, companion book, preface femtosecond, principles of operation,
electrical brain stimulation 172, 176 4–7
electricity, animal, 171 light beams, use in computing, 167
electron transfer, 29
Electronics, companion book, preface magnetic brain stimulation, 176, 179, 180
enzyme catalysis, 21, 40 mechanics, bone and skin, 157
enzyme mimics, chiral catalysis, 72 microarchitecture
inorganic, 98
femtosecond, definition, 1 organic, 106
femtosecond lasers, principles of synthetic, 106
operation, 4–7 microwave plasma CVD, 79
force fields, 49 Millennium Issues of the Philosophical
fracture healing, 119 Transactions, preface
modelling
genetic algorithm, 56 approach to, 134
genetic information, DNA, 100 of unknown systems, 128 ff
green chemistry, 59 purpose of, 133
growth and maintenance of bone, 118 utility of, 146 ff
growth chemistry of diamond, 80 molecule–atom collisions, ultrafast
dynamics of, 11–14
healing of fractures, 119 molecules, ultrafast fragmentation of,
heart, virtual, 127, 134 7–11
heart models, 159
homunculus, 174 nerve cells, 171
hot filament CVD, 78 neuropsychology, 175
human organs, computer models of, 137, neurosurgery, 172
143, 151 nonlinear dynamics of bone adaptation,
hydrogen tunnelling 122
dynamic barrier models, 34 nucleation, 86
experimental evidence, 37
tunnelling, static barrier models, 32 optical control over atomic motions,
19–20
industrial diamonds, 77 organ models
inorganic microarchitecture, 98 cardiac, 137, 143, 159
integrationisms, 130 computer of human, 151