Molecular engineeringMolecular engineering is an emerging field of study concerned with the design and testing of molecular properties, behavior and interactions in order to assemble better materials, systems, and processes for specific functions. This approach, in which observable properties of a macroscopic system are influenced by direct alteration of a molecular structure, falls into the broader category of “bottom-up” design.
Molecular recognitionThe term molecular recognition refers to the specific interaction between two or more molecules through noncovalent bonding such as hydrogen bonding, metal coordination, hydrophobic forces, van der Waals forces, π-π interactions, halogen bonding, or resonant interaction effects. In addition to these direct interactions, solvents can play a dominant indirect role in driving molecular recognition in solution. The host and guest involved in molecular recognition exhibit molecular complementarity.
Index of dispersionIn probability theory and statistics, the index of dispersion, dispersion index, coefficient of dispersion, relative variance, or variance-to-mean ratio (VMR), like the coefficient of variation, is a normalized measure of the dispersion of a probability distribution: it is a measure used to quantify whether a set of observed occurrences are clustered or dispersed compared to a standard statistical model.
Loi de RiceEn statistiques et théorie des probabilités, la loi de Rice, nommée d'après (1907–1986), est une loi de probabilité à densité (c'est-à-dire continue). C'est une généralisation de la loi de Rayleigh utilisée pour décrire le comportement d'un signal radio qui se propage selon plusieurs chemins (multipath) avant d'être reçu par une antenne. Soient deux variables de Gauss centrées, indépendantes, de même variance σ.
