Mechano-Chemical Information Processing in Soft Matter · Durham University
Computations performed by living organisms are unique - they are error-prone yet low-energy and robust. How does such intelligence emerge, and how does it relate to biological function? Often, information processing and its biological use involve a combination of mechanical and chemical degrees of freedom, covering multiple timescales. Our group will investigate the optimal designs of such mechano-chemical computational motifs using a combination of statistical physics and information theory.