Atomistic Design of Quantum Biomimetic Electronic Nose

Understanding the enigmatic mechanism of olfaction from a biomimetic technology perspective would be very useful for electronic nose applications. The inelastic tunneling spectroscopy (IETS) of various odorant-receptor systems are simulated for this purpose. An atomistic simulation framework is presented for the same. Analysis of the results offer an insight into how an actual biomimetic sensor system can be made to detect incoming odorant molecules.