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Self-assembly of multi-component fluorescent molecular logic gates in micelles
A recent strategy for developing supramolecular
logic gates in water is based on combinations
of molecules via self-assembly with surfactants, which
eliminates the need for time-consuming synthesis. The
self-assembly of surfactants and lumophores and receptors
can result in interesting properties providing cooperative
e ffects useful for molecular information processing
and other potential applications such as drug delivery
systems. This article highlights some of the recent advancements
in supramolecular information processing
using microheterogeneous media including micelles in
aqueous solution.peer-reviewe
A Fast and Accurate Nonlinear Spectral Method for Image Recognition and Registration
This article addresses the problem of two- and higher dimensional pattern
matching, i.e. the identification of instances of a template within a larger
signal space, which is a form of registration. Unlike traditional correlation,
we aim at obtaining more selective matchings by considering more strict
comparisons of gray-level intensity. In order to achieve fast matching, a
nonlinear thresholded version of the fast Fourier transform is applied to a
gray-level decomposition of the original 2D image. The potential of the method
is substantiated with respect to real data involving the selective
identification of neuronal cell bodies in gray-level images.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Properties of Very Luminous Galaxies
Recent analysis of the SSRS2 data based on cell-counts and two-point
correlation function has shown that very luminous galaxies are much more
strongly clustered than fainter galaxies. In fact, the amplitude of the
correlation function of very luminous galaxies () asymptotically
approaches that of clusters. In this paper we investigate the
properties of the most luminous galaxies, with blue absolute magnitude . We find that: 1) the population mix is comparable to that in other ranges
of absolute magnitudes; 2) only a small fraction are located in bona fide
clusters; 3) the bright galaxy-cluster cross-correlation function is
significantly higher on large scales than that measured for fainter galaxies;
4) the correlation length of galaxies brighter than \MB ,
expressed as a function of the mean interparticle distance, appears to follow
the universal dimensionless correlation function found for clusters and radio
galaxies; 5) a large fraction of the bright galaxies are in interacting pairs,
others show evidence for tidal distortions, while some appear to be surrounded
by faint satellite galaxies. We conclude that very luminous optical galaxies
differ from the normal population of galaxies both in the clustering and other
respects. We speculate that this population is highly biased tracers of mass,
being associated to dark halos with masses more comparable to clusters than
typical loose groups.Comment: 29 pages (6 figures) + 2 tables; paper with all figures and images
available at http://boas5.bo.astro.it/~cappi/papers.html; The Astronomical
Journal, in pres
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