Isn't self-assembly a misnomer? Multi-disciplinary arguments in favor of co-assembly.
Isn't self-assembly a misnomer? Multi-disciplinary arguments in favor of co-assembly.
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自组装是不是用词不当？
DOI：
10.1016/j.cis.2008.02.004
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发表时间：
2008
影响因子：
15.6
通讯作者：
Uskokovic,Vuk
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作者：
Uskokovic,Vuk
自组装是一种普遍存在的物理化学现象。它是生物领域中分子识别效应所固有的，因此为理解生物体的构成和动态组织提供了基础。然而，本文认为，自组装这一概念本身就其所代表的物理效应而言是一种不正确且具有误导性的概念。自组装是一个误称，因为每个自组装过程不仅依赖于“自组装”实体，而且还包括“自组装”实体周围一定程度的有序性。提供的声明是为了支持这样一种观点，即每个自组装过程实际上都是一个共同组装事件，因为它意味着“自组装”系统及其最近的周围环境的相互变化和结构化。这种观点与系统观察有关，即不存在独立于其存在背景的身体素质。为了说明共组装的概念只是更深刻、更系统的生命哲学的一个实例，我们从量子和经典物理、生物学、进化论和心理学领域提供了内部和外部发展因素相互作用的例子。
Self-assembly is a ubiquitous physicochemical phenomenon. It is inherent to molecular recognition effects in the biological domain, and thus presents a basis for understanding the constitution and dynamic organization of living beings. However, it is argued in this paper that the very notion of self-assembly presents an incorrect and misleading one for the physical effects that it stands for. Self-assembly presents a misnomer as each self-assembly process not only depends on, but also includes a certain degree of ordering in the immediate surrounding of the ‘self-assembling’ entities. Claims are provided to support the idea that every self-assembly process is, in fact, a co-assembly event, as it implies mutual changes and structuring of both the ‘self-assembled’ system and its nearest surrounding. This point of view is related to the systemic observation that there could be no physical qualities independent on the context of their existence. In order to illustrate that the concept of co-assembly presents only an instance of a more profound and systemic philosophy of life, the examples of the interplay between internal and external factors of development are provided from the fields of quantum and classical physics, biology, evolutionary theory and psychology.