Photonically Switched Molecular Logic Devices
Book chapter, 2013

Photochromic molecules are bistable chromophores wherein the interconversions between the two states are triggered by exposure to light of different wavelengths. Hence, they are considered as potential candidates to be used as all-photonic molecular logic devices. This chapter describes our proof-of-principle realizations of photochromically controlled logic functions, from basic on-off switches via Boolean logic gates to the implementation of small logic circuits such as the half-adder/half-subtractor, multiplexer/demultiplexer, and encoder/decoder.

Photoswitches

Functional integration

Reconfiguration

All-photonic

Energy transfer

Photochromic molecules

Porphyrins

Electron transfer

Molecular logic devices

Author

Joakim Andreasson

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Physical Chemistry

D. Gust

Arizona State University

Molecular and Supramolecular Information Processing: From Molecular Switches to Logic Systems (ed E. Katz)

53-78
9783527331956 (ISBN)

Subject Categories

Physical Chemistry

DOI

10.1002/9783527645442.ch4

ISBN

9783527331956

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10/8/2017