Molecular Electronics (IUPAC Chemistry for the 21st Century)

The study of molecular electronics has an ambitious but realistic goal, the use of synthesis, assembly and miniaturisation on the molecular level to achieve a huge density of devices: molecular wires, rectifiers, switches, transistors and memories. It foresees applications not only in standard electronics but also some unique to molecular systems, for instance sensors based on molecular recognition and molecular interfaces with biological systems. Molecular Electronics recognises its subject as a multidisciplinary area of research, with origins in both physics and biology. The book provides an up-to-date set of authoritative overviews spanning molecular electronics and assessing its future direction. In doing this, it makes an important contribution to this new and exciting discipline.