Molecular Switches as Platforms for Information Processing

Uwe Pischel

doi:10.2533/chimia.2014.505

Molecular Switches as Platforms for Information Processing

Authors

Uwe Pischel University of Huelva Center for Research in Sustainable Chemistry and Department of Chemical Engineering, Physical Chemistry, and Organic Chemistry Campus de El Carmen, s/n E-21071 Huelva, Spain. uwe.pischel@diq.uhu.es

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2014.505

Keywords:

Chemosensors, Fluorescence, Logic, Photochromism, Switches

Abstract

This article shows how to teach molecules the basics of logic and how to integrate complicated logic operations with relatively simple molecules. A special focus is put on the realization of multi-level fluorescent switches with chemical inputs as well as on the demonstration of various memory-based operations with all-optical photochromic switches.