Infochemistry (eBook)

Konrad Szacilowski is Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at AGH University of Science and Technology, and Associate Professor in Chemistry at Jagiellonian University, Poland. His research interests are focused mainly on information processing at the molecular level, surface engineering of nanocrystalline materials, photoelectrochemistry of wide band gap semiconductors, and molecular nanoelectronics.

Preface

1 Introduction to the theory of information

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Definition and properties of information

1.3 Principles of Boolean algebra

1.4 Digital information processing and logic gates

1.4.1 Simple logic gates

1.4.2 Concatenated logic circuits

1.4.3 Sequential logic circuits

1.5 Ternary and higher logic calculi

1.6 Irreversible vs reversible logic

2 Physical and technological limits of classical electronics

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Fundamental limitations of information processing

2.3 Technological limits of miniaturization

3 Changing the paradigm: towards computation with molecules

4 Low-dimensional metals and semiconductors

4.1 Dimensionality and morphology of nanostructures

4.2 Electrical and optical properties of nanoobjects and nanostructures

4.2.1 Metals

4.2.2 Semiconductors

4.3 Molecular scale engineering of semiconducting surfaces

4.3.1 Semiconductor-molecule interactions

4.2.3 Electronic coupling between semiconducting surfaces and adsorbates

5 Carbon nanostructures

5.1 Nanoforms of carbon

5.2 Electronic structure and properties of graphene

5.3 Carbon nanotubes

5.4 Conjugated and polyaromatic systems

5.5 Nanocarbon and organic semiconductor devices

6 Photoelectrochemical photocurrent switching and related phenomena

6.1 Photocurrent generation and switching in neat semiconductors

6.2 Photocurrent switching in MIM organic devices

6.3 Photocurrent switching in semiconducting composites

6.4 Photocurrent switching in surface-modified semiconductors

7 Self-organization and self-assembly in supramolecular systems

7.1 Supramolecular assembly: Towards molecular devices

7.2 Self-assembled semiconducting structures

7.3 Self-assembly at solid interfaces

7.4 Controlling self-assembly of nanoparticles

7.5 Self-assembly and molecular electronics

8 Molecular-scale electronics

8.1 Electron transfer and molecular junctions

8.2 Nanoscale electromagnetism

8.3 Molecular rectifiers

9 Molecular logic gates

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Chemically driven logic gates

9.2.1 OR gates

9.2.2 AND gates

9.2.3 XOR gates

9.2.4 INH gates

9.2.5 IMP gates

9.2.6 Inverted logic gates (NOR, NAND, XNOR)

9.2.7 Behind classical Boolean scheme - ternary logic and Feynman gate

9.3 All-optical logic gates

9.4 Electrochemical logic systems

10 Molecular computing systems

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Reconfigurable and superimposed molecular logic devices

10.3 Concatenated chemical logic systems

10.4 Molecular-scale digital communication

10.4.1 Multiplexers and demultiplexers

10.4.2 Encoders and decoders

10.4.3 Molecular scale signal amplification

10.5 Molecular arithmetics: Adders and subtractors

10.5.1 Molecular-scale half-adders

10.5.2 Molecular-scale half subtractors

10.5.3 Half adders/half subtractors

10.5.4 Full adders and full subtractors: towards molecular processors

10.6 Molecular scale security systems

10.7 Noise and error propagation in concatenated systems

11 Bioinspired and biomimetic logic devices

11.1 Information processing in natural systems

11.2 Protein-based digital systems

11.2.1 Enzymes as information processing molecules

11.2.2 Enzymes as information carriers

11.3 Binary logic devices based on nucleic acidd

11.4 Logic devices based on whole organisms

12 Concluding remarks and future prospects