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Modeling Chemical Systems using Cellular Automata

By: Lemont B. Kier,Paul G. Seybold,Chao-Kun Cheng

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Modeling Chemical Systems using Cellular Automata

By: Lemont B. Kier,Paul G. Seybold,Chao-Kun Cheng

Modeling Chemical Systems using Cellular Automata provides a practical introduction to an exciting modeling paradigm for complex systems. The book first discusses the nature of scientific inquiry using models and simulations, and then describes the nature of cellular automata models. It then gives detailed descriptions, with examples and exercises, of how cellular automata models can be used in the study of a wide variety chemical, physical, and biochemical phenomena. Topics covered include models of water itself, solution phenomena, solution interactions with stationary systems, first- and second-order kinetic phenomena, enzyme kinetics, vapor-liquid equilibrium, and atomic and molecular excited-state kinetics. The student experiences these systems through hands-on examples and guided studies. This book is the first of its kind: a textbook and a laboratory manual about cellular automata modeling of common systems in chemistry. The book is designed to be used as a text in undergraduate courses dealing with complex systems and/or as a computational supplement to laboratory courses taught at the undergraduate level. The book includes: - Compact descriptions of a large variety of physical and chemical phenomena - Illustrative examples of simulations, with exercises for further study - An instructor's manual for use of the program The book will be of great value in undergraduate courses in chemistry, physics, biology, applied mathematics, and bioinformatics, and as a supplement for laboratory courses in introductory chemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, medicinal chemistry, chemical engineering and other courses dealing with statistical and dynamic systems. It allows the exploration of a wide range of dynamic phenomena, many of which are not normally accessible within conventional laboratory settings due to limitations of time, cost, and experimental equipment. The book is both a textbook on applied Cellular Automata and a lab manual for chemistry (physics, engineering) courses with lab activity. It would supplement other lab work and be an additonal book the students would use in the course. The authors have assessed the emerging need for this kind of activity in science labs because of the cost of the practical activitites and the frequent failure of some exercises leading to lost didactic value of some experiments. This book is pioneering an alternative that will grow in use. There are no course directors who would use Cellular Automata exclusively. The authors see an emerging interest in this kind of work in courses that contain lab exercises. One such course is the graduate course that Lemont Kier gives in Life Sciences about complexity. He uses many examples and studies from Cellular Automata in the latter part of this course.

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1402036906

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9781402036903

Molecular Orbital Theory In Drug Research

By: Lemont Kier

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Molecular Orbital Theory In Drug Research

By: Lemont Kier

Medicinal Chemistry, Volume 10: Molecular Orbital Theory in Drug Research is a 12-chapter text that emerged from a series of lectures presented to graduate students in medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan. After dealing with the general considerations of drug phenomena and quantum theory, this book goes on exploring the various molecular orbital calculation methods and the significance of molecular orbital indices. The subsequent chapters on the applications of molecular orbital theory are organized on the basis of physical chemical phenomena concluded from the studies described to be involved in the biological activity. These chapters also look into the correlations between indices reflecting covalent bond formation and biological activity. This text further examines the charge transfer mechanisms of several drug classes. The remaining chapters are devoted to the use of molecular orbital theory in several aspects of drug research, including molecular conformation, acid-base phenomena, hydrogen bonding, and dispersion forces. This work is directed to the advanced undergraduate or graduate students in medicinal chemistry or pharmacology, as well as to the practicing scientists interested in acquiring some understanding of molecular orbital theory. Theoretical chemists seeking information on biological phenomena amenable to semiempirical molecular orbital study will find this book invaluable.

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Elsevier

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0323158277

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9780323158275

Molecular Connectivity in Chemistry and Drug Research

By: Lemont Kier

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Molecular Connectivity in Chemistry and Drug Research

By: Lemont Kier

Medicinal Chemistry, Volume 14: Molecular Connectivity in Chemistry and Drug Research is a 10-chapter text that focuses on the molecular connectivity approach for quantitative evaluation of molecular structure of drugs. Molecular connectivity is a nonempirical derivation of numerical value that encode within them sufficient information to relate to many physicochemical and biological properties. This book outlines first the development of molecular connectivity approach, followed by considerable chapters on its application to evaluation of physicochemical properties of drugs. Other chapters explore the application of molecular connectivity to structure-activity studies in medicinal chemistry. The final chapters provide some reflections, challenges, and potential areas of investigation of molecular connectivity. Advanced undergraduate or graduate students in medicinal chemistry or pharmacology, practicing scientists, and theoretical chemists will find this book invaluable.

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0323158315

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Molecular Structure Description

The Electrotopological State

By: Lemont Burwell Kier,Lowell H. Hall

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The Electrotopological State

By: Lemont Burwell Kier,Lowell H. Hall

The electrotopological state is a new approach to defining key structural features of a molecule in drug design. Combining both electronic and topological attributes, the E-State index facilitates the development of a structure - activity model, the definition of a pharmacophore, and the search through a database for similar or dissimilar compounds. The background for the method, the concept of the intrinsic state, and the E-State index as a function of the atom or group within the field of all atoms in a molecule are all described in this primer for a new structure paradigm. Software on the bundled CD-ROM allows the reader to compute and display the E-State indices for molecules, while examples in the book illustrate strategies that can be used in drug research.

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Modeling Chemical Systems using Cellular Automata

Modeling Chemical Systems using Cellular Automata

Molecular Orbital Theory In Drug Research

Molecular Orbital Theory In Drug Research

Molecular Connectivity in Chemistry and Drug Research

Molecular Connectivity in Chemistry and Drug Research

Molecular Structure Description

Molecular Structure Description

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