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Multivalued and Reversible Logic Gates Implemented with Metallic Nanoparticles and Organic Ligands
Author(s) -
Cervera Javier,
Mafé Salvador
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.200900973
Subject(s) - coulomb blockade , logic gate , nanoparticle , materials science , metal , or gate , nanotechnology , binary number , xor gate , and gate , chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , computer science , physics , algorithm , mathematics , quantum mechanics , transistor , arithmetic , voltage , metallurgy
It makes perfect sense: Binary and multivalued XOR gates based on metal nanoparticles linked to electrodes by organic ligands are described. The logic scheme makes use of the Coulomb blockade in the metallic nanoparticles and the electron tunneling in the organic ligands. A reversible logic Feynman gate (see picture) can also be implemented.