Molecular Electronics : Properties: Dynamics, and Applications

Physical systems and information theory; algorithms - description and nature; synthetic nanostructures as quantum control systems; Langmuir-Blodgett techniques; spectroscopy of single molecules in solids; charging effects - single-electron tunnelling; dynamical repertoire of interacting networks; electron motion in lateral superlattices on semiconductors; controlled electronic transfer in molecular chains and segments; cooperative optical properties of interacting charge transfer subunits; ensemble properties and applications; electric field effects on persistent spectral hole burning and applications in photonics; persistent spectral hole burning and its application in optical data storage and processing; holographic spectral hole burning - from data storage to information processing; biomolecular electronics and optical computing; bacteriorhodopsin - optical processor molecules from nature?; prospects of molecular electronics.;Integrating molecular physics and information theory, this work presents molecular electronics as a method for information storage and retrieval that incorporates nanometer-scaled systems, uses microscopic particles and exploits the laws of quantum mechanics. It furnishes application examples employing properties of distinct molecules joined together to a macroscopic ensemble of virtually identical units. Cover......Page 1 Half Title......Page 2 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 Preface......Page 6 Table of Contents......Page 12 Contributors......Page 14 1. Physical Systems and Information Theory......Page 18 2. Algorithms, Data, and Hypotheses: Learning in Open Worlds......Page 22 3. Synthetic Nanostructures as Quantum Control Systems......Page 40 4. Langmuir-Blodgett Techniques......Page 64 5. Spectroscopy of Single Molecules in Solids......Page 96 6. Transfer of Single Electrons and Single Cooper Pairs in Nanojunction Circuits......Page 132 7. Dynamical Repertoire of Interacting Networks......Page 156 8. Electron Motion in Lateral Superlattices on Semiconductors......Page 160 9. Controlled Electronic Transfer in Molecular Chains and Segments......Page 188 10. Cooperative Optical Properties of Interacting Charge Transfer Subunits......Page 226 11. Ensemble Properties and Applications......Page 248 12. Electric Field Effects on Persistent Spectral Holes: Applications in Photonics......Page 250 13. Persistent Spectral Hole Burning: Time- and Space-Domain Holography......Page 274 14. Holographic Spectral Hole Burning: From Data Storage to Information Processing......Page 320 15. Biomolecular Electronics and Optical Computing......Page 350 16. Bacteriorhodopsin—Optical Processor Molecules from Nature?......Page 376 17. Prospects of Molecular Electronics......Page 400 Index......Page 408