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