The Booms and Busts of Molecular Electronics

Kevin Kelly; C. Mody

doi:10.1109/MSPEC.2015.7274196

The Booms and Busts of Molecular Electronics

Kevin Kelly, C. Mody

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Forty years ago, a New York University graduate student named Arieh Aviram opened his Ph.D. dissertation with a bold suggestion: "Taking a clue from nature, [which] utilizes molecules for the carrying out of many physical phenomena, it may be possible to miniaturize electronic components down to molecular size." What Aviram was proposing was revolutionary: leapfrogging the ongoing miniaturization trend of Moore's Law by substituting single organic molecules for silicon transistors and diodes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	52-60
Number of pages	9
Journal	Ieee Spectrum
Volume	52
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MSPEC.2015.7274196
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2015

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