@inbook{84ed37a452704c6fb448743f5443fea5,
title = "Nanotubes and microtubules as quantum information carriers",
abstract = "In the foreseeable future silicon based electronics will reach limits in miniaturisation and switching speeds, imposed by fundamental physical constraints. The quest for smaller gates and higher processing speeds with the attendant increase of chip functional density will reach the point where quantum effects dominate. Alternative strategies will then be required to overcome the limitations of silicon; among the most promising are those exploiting the properties of biological molecules, notably microtubules. These have the advantages associated with carbon chemistry, including the scope for constructing large highly complex macromolecular assemblies, and share the exciting electronic properties of semi- and superconductors. Biological systems have the potential to bypass the limiting effects of single particle quantum systems through the interactions of complex molecules, necessarily based on hydrocarbon polymers.",
author = "Vlad, {V I} and N Mavromatos and K Powell and M Holwill and S Pfauntsch",
year = "2004",
language = "English",
isbn = "0-8194-5534-2",
series = "PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY OF PHOTO-OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERS (SPIE)",
publisher = "Spie-Int Society Optical Engineering",
pages = "522 -- 530",
booktitle = "P SOC PHOTO-OPT INSTRUM ENG",
note = "7th Conference on Optics (ROMOPTO 2003) ; Conference date: 01-01-2004",
}