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Storage and Processing of Information Using Molecules: The All‐Photonic Approach with Simple and Multi‐Photochromic Switches
Author(s) -
Andréasson Joakim,
Pischel Uwe
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
israel journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.908
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1869-5868
pISSN - 0021-2148
DOI - 10.1002/ijch.201300014
Subject(s) - photochromism , simple (philosophy) , chemistry , molecular switch , photonics , information storage , nanotechnology , computer science , molecule , optoelectronics , photochemistry , materials science , philosophy , epistemology , organic chemistry , database
Abstract The use of photochromes for the implementation of molecular logic operations is a very promising approach toward molecular computing. This statement is based on a) the possibility of operating such molecular devices exclusively with photonic signals and b) spatiotemporally and remotely controlled switching, which is characteristic for photochromes. Herein, a brief overview of the application of simple photochromes and multi‐photochromic conjugates for the small‐scale functional integration of complicated logic circuits is given. This complements and extends efforts to design molecular photochromic memories for data storage described by many research groups worldwide.