The field of molecular electronics has developed significantly as experimental techniques to study charge transport through single molecules have become more reliable. Three Articles in this issue ...

Molecular electronics is a branch of nanotechnology that focuses on using individual molecules or nanoscale molecular structures as electronic components to create miniaturized circuits and devices.

Biological-based electronics. Developing circuits that are "grown" may seem farfetched, but research shows that a "biocomputer" might be possible in 25 years. From living plants, researchers have ...

Molecular electronics—the use of single molecules as the building blocks for electronic components—offers a potential pathway for the continued miniaturization of small-scale electronic devices.

To learn more read our detailed sections on Nanotechnology in Energy and Graphene Nanotechnology in Energy. Distinct from nanoelectronics, where devices are scaled down to nanoscale levels, molecular ...

Using lasers and the bacteriorhodopsin protein molecule, the W. M. Keck Center for Molecular Electronics has built a molecular memory device holding several hundred megabytes. The advantage of ...

Understanding electron transfer processes at this level could lead to breakthroughs in renewable energy technologies, molecular electronics and even the development of new materials for quantum ...

Researchers from The University of Queensland have discovered that elasticity in materials arises from molecular interactions. Their study opens avenues for designing new, elastically flexible ...