Information Entropy in Chemistry: An Overview
Denis Sh. Sabirov, Igor S. Shepelevich
Abstract
Basic applications of the information entropy concept to chemical objects are reviewed. These applications deal with quantifying chemical and electronic structures of molecules, signal processing, structural studies on crystals, and molecular ensembles. Recent advances in the mentioned areas make information entropy a central concept in interdisciplinary studies on digitalizing chemical reactions, chemico-information synthesis, crystal engineering, as well as digitally rethinking basic notions of structural chemistry in terms of informatics.
Topics & Concepts
InformaticsComputer scienceEntropy (arrow of time)Information theoryInformation processingData scienceChemistryMathematicsThermodynamicsPhysicsEngineeringNeuroscienceElectrical engineeringBiologyStatisticsComputational Drug Discovery MethodsAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical MechanicsMachine Learning in Materials Science