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The result was no consensus. –Juliancolton | Talk 03:09, 24 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Molecular processors

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Unreferenced original research. There are very few hits on Google and Google Scholar for "molecular processor". The concept clearly exists but doesn't seem to have achieved notability. The only references are to the author's own writings (which are not available to readers outside his university) and his website. Fails WP:RS, WP:OR, WP:N andy (talk) 00:15, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • William Henri Groverm, Microfluidic molecular processors for computation and analysis, University of California, Berkeley, 2006, 470 pages; and
  • Sergey Edward Lyshevski, Nano and molecular electronics handbook, CRC Press, 2007, ISBN 0849385288, 912 pages
The first page of the scholar search had:
  • David Margulies, Galina Melman, and Abraham Shanzer, A Molecular Full-Adder and Full-Subtractor, an Additional Step toward a Moleculator, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128 (14), pp 4865–4871, DOI: 10.1021/ja058564w
  • A Chiabrera et al, Physical limits of integration and information processing in molecular systems, 1989 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 22 1571-1579 doi: 10.1088/0022-3727/22/11/00
  • Jorge M. Seminario, Pedro A. Derosa, Luis E. Cordova, and Brian H. Bozard, "A Molecular Device Operating at Terahertz Frequencies: Theoretical Simulations," IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NANOTECHNOLOGY, VOL. 3, NO. 1, MARCH 2004
  • Nicholas G. Rambidi, Biomolecular computer: roots and promises, Biosystems, Volume 44, Issue 1, September 1997, Pages 1-15 doi:10.1016/S0303-2647(97)00031-2
It appears to me that the concept of molecular computing is notable enough that multiple people are writing books and journal articles about it. EastTN (talk) 20:39, 19 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
If there is a problem with the article, then it can be fixed. You do not delete an article, if the subject matter is notable. That isn't how Wikipedia works. Dream Focus 02:40, 20 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Would it make sense to merge the article with DNA computing? That seems to be the closest article in terms of content.EastTN (talk) 16:27, 20 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • The big issue with this article is that it's written from a very narrow perspective by, and largely based on the work of, one person who thinks he owns the article. Merging will have to be done by a subject expert who is not the original author. Any takers? andy (talk) 18:50, 20 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed. Although one recent edit, which restored the tabs at the top of the article, suggests that he may be starting to get it. I'm personally not qualified as an expert in this (or any related) field. If someone can find sources that are accessible on the web and accessible to the lay reader, I may be able to help with summarizing them and with general copy editing.EastTN (talk) 21:26, 20 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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