Molecular Nanoelectronics

Abstract

Molecular electronics is envisioned as a promising candidate for the nanoelectronics of the future. More than a possible answer to ultimate miniaturization problem in nanoelectronics, molecular electronics is foreseen as a possible way to assemble a large numbers of nanoscale objects (molecules, nanoparticules, nanotubes and nanowires) to form new devices and circuit architectures. It is also an interesting approach to significantly reduce the fabrication costs, as well as the energetical costs of computation, compared to usual semiconductor technologies. Moreover, molecular electronics is a field with a large spectrum of investigations: from quantum objects for testing new paradigms, to hybrid molecular-silicon CMOS devices. However, problems remain to be solved (e.g. a better control of the molecule-electrode interfaces, improvements of the reproducibility and reliability, etc...).

Review paper. To be published in Proceedings of the IEEE

References in corpus (8)

• Dependence of Single Molecule Junction Conductance on Molecular Conformation
• Spin qubits with electrically gated polyoxometalate molecules
• Highly conductive molecular junctions based on direct binding of benzene to platinum electrodes
• Quantum phase transition in a single-molecule quantum dot
• Tuning the conductance of a molecular switch
• High on-off conductance switching ratio in optically-driven self-assembled conjugated molecular systems
• Observation of the underscreened Kondo effect in a molecular transistor
• Tunneling Spectra of Individual Magnetic Endofullerene Molecules

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• A New Full Adder Cell for Molecular Electronics