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==Overview==
 
==Overview==
 
Commonly, the temperature $\tau$ of a tile assembly system specifies the minimum strength with which glues must bind.  For example, if in a tile assembly system $\tau = 2$, then only tiles which have glues of strength $2$ or greater on their adjacent edges may bind.  While this is certainly true for the [[Abstract Tile Assembly Model (aTAM)]], [[Two-Handed Assembly Model (2HAM)]] and their derivatives, it certainly is not always the case.  Consider the [[Kinetic Tile Assembly Model (kTAM)]].  In this model errors are allowed to happen so that tiles bind with less than $\tau$ strength.
 
Commonly, the temperature $\tau$ of a tile assembly system specifies the minimum strength with which glues must bind.  For example, if in a tile assembly system $\tau = 2$, then only tiles which have glues of strength $2$ or greater on their adjacent edges may bind.  While this is certainly true for the [[Abstract Tile Assembly Model (aTAM)]], [[Two-Handed Assembly Model (2HAM)]] and their derivatives, it certainly is not always the case.  Consider the [[Kinetic Tile Assembly Model (kTAM)]].  In this model errors are allowed to happen so that tiles bind with less than $\tau$ strength.
 
In the paper by Hendricks, Patitz, and Rogers <ref name="highTempSim"/>, it is shown that higher temperatures do not strictly add power to a tile assembly system.
 
 
==References==
 
<references>
 
<ref name ="highTempSim"><bibtex>
 
@article{highTempSim,
 
  author    = {Jacob Hendricks, Matthew Patitz, and Trent Rogers},
 
  title    = {The Simulation Powers and Limitations of Higher Temperature Hierarchical Self-Assembly Systems},
 
  journal = "arXiv",
 
  number = "1503.04502",
 
  year = "2015",
 
}
 
</bibtex></ref>
 
</references>
 
 
  
  
 
[[Category: Terminology]]
 
[[Category: Terminology]]
 
[[Category:Self-assembly]]
 
[[Category:Self-assembly]]

Latest revision as of 11:13, 15 July 2016

Overview

Commonly, the temperature \(\tau\) of a tile assembly system specifies the minimum strength with which glues must bind. For example, if in a tile assembly system \(\tau = 2\), then only tiles which have glues of strength \(2\) or greater on their adjacent edges may bind. While this is certainly true for the Abstract Tile Assembly Model (aTAM), Two-Handed Assembly Model (2HAM) and their derivatives, it certainly is not always the case. Consider the Kinetic Tile Assembly Model (kTAM). In this model errors are allowed to happen so that tiles bind with less than \(\tau\) strength.