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Overview
1. What is Molecular Electronics?2. Advantages of Molecular
Electronics3. Molecular Switch4. Issues
What is Molecular Electronics? Sometimes called moletronics Molecular electronics is a
branch of applied physics which aims at using molecules as passive or active electronic components.
These molecules will perform the functions currently performed by semiconductors.
Size
Molecular Electronics is a way to extend Moore’s Law past the limits of standard semiconductor Circuits.
100X smaller than their counterparts
Power / Speed Currently Transistors cannot be
stacked, which makes them quite ineffecient!
Molecular technology will be able to add a 3rd dimension.
Femtoseconds switching times.
Manufacturing Most designs use either spin
coating or Self-Assembly process.
Individual Molecules can be made exactly the same by the Billions.
Molecular assembly tends to occur at Room Temperature.
Molecular Switch Semiconductor switches can be
made on a very small scale.
Perform computational functions when placed in the right combination.
Molecular switch is orders of magnitude smaller.
Molecular Chiropticene Switch One molecule in size. Switch has two distinct states
Spatial Mirror images of one another. Electronically and Optically distinct
Distinct but Equal Chiral property
Operation In practice, the switch is triggered
by light and controlled with an electric field.
Both of these actions can change the direction of the molecule’s dipole by 180 degrees.
Constructing the Switch
In order to have control of the crossed arrow dipole vector we must: Long axis for reaction to occur Dipole vector points along this axis Transformation cannot occur at room
temp.
Switch Properties Stability- Two equal but opposite
energy states in these molecules affords stablility as well as reversibility.
Speed- Femtosecond switching speeds
Problems facing Moletronics Molecular electronics must still be
integrated with Silicon.
Among the important issues is the determination of the resistance of a single molecule (both theoritical and experimental).
It is difficult to perform direct characterization since imaging at the molecular scale is often impossible in many experimental devices.