{"product_id":"infochemistry-isbn-9780470710722","title":"Infochemistry","description":"\u003ci\u003eInfochemistry: Information Processing at the Nanoscale\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.  \u003cp\u003eDivided 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther topics:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eTraditional 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\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCharacterizes chemical systems not according to their chemical nature, but according to their role as prospective information technology elements\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers the application of molecular species and nanostructures as molecular scale logic gates, switches, memories, and complex computing devices\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book will be of particular interest to researchers in nanoelectronics, organic electronics, optoelectronics, chemistry and materials science.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction to the Theory of Information 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Definition and Properties of Information 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Principles of Boolean Algebra 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Digital Information Processing and Logic Gates 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4.1 Simple Logic Gates 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4.2 Concatenated Logic Circuits 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4.3 Sequential Logic Circuits 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Ternary and Higher Logic Calculi 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6 Irreversible vs Reversible Logic 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7 Quantum Logic 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Physical and Technological Limits of Classical Electronics 23\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Introduction 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Fundamental Limitations of Information Processing 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Technological Limits of Miniaturization 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Changing the Paradigm: Towards Computation with Molecules 37\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Low-Dimensional Metals and Semiconductors 63\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Dimensionality and Morphology of Nanostructures 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Electrical and Optical Properties of Nanoobjects and Nanostructures 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.1 Metals 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.2 Semiconductors 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Molecular Scale Engineering of Semiconducting Surfaces 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3.1 Semiconductor–Molecule Interactions 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3.2 Electronic Coupling between Semiconducting Surfaces and Adsorbates 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Carbon Nanostructures 119\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Nanoforms of Carbon 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Electronic Structure and Properties of Graphene 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Carbon Nanotubes 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Conjugated and Polyaromatic Systems 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Nanocarbon and Organic Semiconductor Devices 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Photoelectrochemical Photocurrent Switching and Related Phenomena 165\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Photocurrent Generation and Switching in Neat Semiconductors 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Photocurrent Switching in MIM Organic Devices 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Photocurrent Switching in Semiconducting Composites 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Photocurrent Switching in Surface-Modified Semiconductors 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Self-Organization and Self-Assembly in Supramolecular Systems\u003c\/b\u003e 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Supramolecular Assembly: Towards Molecular Devices 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Self-Assembled Semiconducting Structures 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Self-Assembly at Solid Interfaces 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Controlling Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Self-Assembly and Molecular Electronics 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Molecular-Scale Electronics 225\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Electron Transfer and Molecular Junctions 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Nanoscale Electromagnetism 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Molecular Rectifiers 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Molecular Logic Gates 249\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Introduction 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Chemically Driven Logic Gates 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.1 OR Gates 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.2 AND Gates 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.3 XOR Gates 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.4 INH Gates 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.5 IMP Gates 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.6 Inverted Logic Gates (NOR, NAND, XNOR) 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.7 Behind Classical Boolean Scheme-Ternary Logic and Feynman Gate 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 All-Optical Logic Gates 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Electrochemical Logic Systems 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 315\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Molecular Computing Systems 323\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Introduction 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Reconfigurable and Superimposed Molecular Logic Devices 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Concatenated Chemical Logic Systems 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Molecular-Scale Digital Communication 353\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4.1 Multiplexers and Demultiplexers 354\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4.2 Encoders and Decoders 355\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4.3 Molecular-Scale Signal Amplification 359\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5 Molecular Arithmetics: Adders and Subtractors 363\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5.1 Molecular-Scale Half-Adders 363\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5.2 Molecular-Scale Half-Subtractors 372\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5.3 Half-Adders\/Half-Subtractors 381\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5.4 Full Adders and Full Subtractors: Towards Molecular Processors 382\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.6 Molecular-Scale Security Systems 386\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.7 Noise and Error Propagation in Concatenated Systems 396\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 398\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Bioinspired and Biomimetic Logic Devices 405\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Information Processing in Natural Systems 405\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 Protein-Based Digital Systems 408\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2.1 Enzymes as Information Processing Molecules 409\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2.2 Enzymes as Information Carriers 428\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 Binary Logic Devices based on Nucleic Acids 430\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 Logic Devices Based on Whole Organisms 445\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 450\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Concluding Remarks and Future Prospects 457\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 458\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 461\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eKonrad Szacilowski\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at AGH University of Science and Technology, and Associate Professor in Chemistry at Jagiellonian University, Poland. His research interests are focused mainly on information processing at the molecular level, surface engineering of nanocrystalline materials, photoelectrochemistry of wide band gap semiconductors, and molecular nanoelectronics.  Infochemistry, the science at the interface between chemistry and the information sciences, follows the potential use of molecular switches in advanced information processing and storage. Where traditional transistors are reaching their limits in miniaturization due to interconnectivity and material issues, molecular information processing could be the key to satisfying our ongoing need for increasing computational power.  \u003cp\u003eThis book describes the processes, systems and devices employed in infochemistry, and characterizes chemical systems according to their role as potential elements in information technology. It includes:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eTheory of Information\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLimitations of traditional devices\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLow-Dimensional Metals and Semiconductors\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCarbon and Carbon-Rich Nanostructures\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePhotocurrent switching and related phenomena\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSupramolecular assembly\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMolecular scale electronics, logic gates and computing systems\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBioinspired and biomimetic logic devices\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003ePresenting a unique combination of chemistry and information technology, Infochemistry: Information Processing at the Nanoscale defines this new field of science, and its future possibilities for advanced information processing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989420818661,"sku":"NP9780470710722","price":164.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470710722.jpg?v=1761784035","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/infochemistry-isbn-9780470710722","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}