All-photonic molecular half-adder
Journal article, 2006

One molecule acts as both an AND and an XOR Boolean logic gate that share the same two photonic inputs. The molecule comprises a half-adder, adding two binary digits with only light as inputs and outputs, and consists of three covalently linked photochromic moieties, a spiropyran and two quinolinederived dihydroindolizines. The AND function is based on the absorption properties of the molecule, whereas the XOR function is based on an off-on-off response of the fluorescence to the inputs that results from interchromophore excited-state quenching interactions. The half-adder is simple to operate and can be cycled many times.

Author

Joakim Andreasson

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Physical Chemistry

S. D. Straight

Arizona State University

Gerdenis Kodis

Arizona State University

C. D. Park

Arizona State University

M. Hambourger

Arizona State University

M. Gervaldo

Arizona State University

Bo Albinsson

Chalmers, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Physical Chemistry

A. L. Moore

Arizona State University

T. A. Moore

Arizona State University

D. Gust

Arizona State University

Journal of the American Chemical Society

0002-7863 (ISSN) 1520-5126 (eISSN)

Vol. 128 50 16259-16265

Subject Categories

Chemical Sciences

DOI

10.1021/ja0654579

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10/8/2017