Molecular Logic Circuits
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- 30 December 2002
- journal article
- concept
- Published by Wiley in Chemphyschem
- Vol. 4 (1) , 49-59
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.200390007
Abstract
Miniaturization has been an essential ingredient in the outstanding progress of information technology over the past fifty years. The next, perhaps ultimate, limit of miniaturization is that of molecules, which are the smallest entities with definite size, shape, and properties. Recently, great effort has been devoted to design and investigate molecular-level systems that are capable of transferring, processing, and storing information in binary form. Some of these nanoscale devices can, in fact, perform logic operations of remarkable complexity. This research—although far from being transferred into technology—is attracting interest, as the nanometer realm seems to be out of reach for the “top-down” techniques currently available to microelectronics industry. Moreover, such studies introduce new concepts in the “old” field of chemistry and stimulate the ingenuity of researchers engaged in the “bottom-up” approach to nanotechnology.Keywords
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