Introduction to Molecular Electronics

Abstract

In general, molecular electronics involves single or small groups of molecules in device-based fabrication for electronic components, such as wires, switches, memory and gain elements [1–4]. To this end, molecular electronics emerged as an area of research, stimulating the creative minds of scientists in a way that only few research topics have ever done in the past [5]. Simply the fact, that the Science magazine labeled the integration of molecules into functional electric circuits one of the revolutions of 2001 [6], motivates teams of chemists, engineers, materials scientists, physicists and computer experts initiate cooperations to ultimately convert this interdisciplinary field into commercially available products.