Infochemistry (ePub)

Infochemistry: Information Processing at the Nanoscale,
defines a new field of science, and describes the processes,
systems and devices at the interface between chemistry and
information sciences. The book is devoted to the application of
molecular species and nanostructures to advanced information
processing. It includes the design and synthesis of suitable
materials and nanostructures, their characterization, and finally
applications of molecular species and nanostructures for
information storage and processing purposes.

Divided into twelve chapters; the first three chapters serve as
an introduction to the basic concepts of digital information
processing, its development, limitations and finally introduces
some alternative concepts for prospective technologies. Chapters
four and five discuss traditional low-dimensional metals and
semiconductors and carbon nanostructures respectively, while
further chapters discuss Photoelectrochemical photocurrent
switching and related phenomena and self-organization and
self-assembly. Chapters eight, nine and ten discuss information
processing at the molecular level, and eleven describes information
processing in natural systems. The book concludes with a discussion
of the future prospects for the field.

Further topics:

* Traditional electronic device development is rapidly
approaching a limit, so molecular scale information processing is
critical in order to meet increasing demand for high computational
power

* Characterizes chemical systems not according to their chemical
nature, but according to their role as prospective information
technology elements

* Covers the application of molecular species and nanostructures
as molecular scale logic gates, switches, memories, and complex
computing devices

This book will be of particular interest to researchers in
nanoelectronics, organic electronics, optoelectronics, chemistry
and materials science.