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Surface‐Confined Electroactive Molecules for Multistate Charge Storage Information
Author(s) -
MasTorrent M.,
Rovira C.,
Veciana J.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201201510
Subject(s) - nanotechnology , miniaturization , materials science , multistability , information storage , molecular electronics , computer data storage , molecule , computer science , chemistry , physics , computer hardware , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , nonlinear system , database
Bi‐stable molecular systems with potential for applications in binary memory devices are raising great interest for device miniaturization. Particular appealing are those systems that operate with electrical inputs since they are compatible with existing electronic technologies. The processing of higher memory densities in these devices could be accomplished by increasing the number of memory states in each cell, although this strategy has not been much explored yet. Here we highlight the recent advances devoted to the fabrication of charge‐storage molecular surface‐confined devices exhibiting multiple states. Mainly, this goal has been realized immobilizing a variety (or a combination) of electroactive molecules on a surface, although alternative approaches employing non‐electroactive systems have also been described. Undoubtedly, the use of molecules with chemically tunable properties and nanoscale dimensions are raising great hopes for the devices of the future in which molecules can bring new perspectives such as multistability.