@MISC\{IMM1997-0150,
    author       = "P. L. Christiansen and M. P. S{\o}rensen",
    title        = "Solitons and Coherent Structures in Physics and Biology",
    year         = "1997",
    keywords     = "Nonlinear dynamics, solitons, chaos, mathematical biology, nonlinear optics, protein molecules, {DNA,} Josephson junctions, breathers, stability",
    publisher    = "MIDIT",
    address      = "IMM; Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark",
    url          = "http://www.imm.dtu.dk/~mps/SOLPHYS/proceedings",
    abstract     = "This World Wide Web (WWW) volume contains the proceedings of the conference Solitons and Coherent Structures in
Physics and Biology (SOLPHYS), which took place Friday May 30 until Tuesday June {3,} 1997, at the {MIDIT} centre, Technical University of Denmark, {DK-}2800 Lyngby, Denmark. {SOLPHYS} is the 10th meeting of a series of now biennial meetings on the same topic.The study of nonlinear phenomena has been increasingly recognized over the last years as a development which leads to new fundamental applications in physics, biology, and the sciences, as well as in mathematics. One of the earliest examples was in nonlinear optics, and transatlantic cables with virtually loss-free transmission of information based on optical solitons are now being designed for use. A similar area which is just starting to be used in applications is the Josephson effect in semi-conductors, potentially useful for a variety of rapid switching devices and a new generation of computers. Another area which is still in the realm of basic theory and experiments is the study of nonlinear effects in energy storage and transmission on long physical and biological macromolecules and in organic thin films. The robustness of the soliton in realistic environments with noise and thermal fluctuations is essential. All these areas share common grounds."
}