Abstract
Examination of the scale properties of living organisms and the electronic configuration of crystalline structures suggests that related modeling may be used for both. This paper comments on individual and common properties of the two systems and draws a comparison between them. Both exhibit multiple 'scales' separated by complex or forbidden regions and a global 'overview' of their scale properties. We conclude that the analogy may provide a fruitful route towards extension of the modeling of both living organisms and electronic materials, by permitting bootstrapping cross-modeling between them.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 163-170 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | BioSystems Journal |
| Volume | 112 |
| Issue number | Selected papers from the 9th IPCAT Conference |
| Publication status | Published - 1 May 2013 |
Keywords
- Life
- scale
- hierarchy
- hyperscale
- solid state physics
- Brillouin zones