Chapter 12: Single-molecule Electronics: From Molecular Metal Wires to Molecular Motors Check Access

The fabrication of electronic components must increasingly meet the needs of miniaturization. Two hot aspects of such new technological requirements are constituted by molecular metal wires (extended metal atom chains substitutive of the conducting or semiconducting materials actually present in microcircuits) and synthetic molecular motors (arrays of molecules predisposed to trigger linear, catenanes, or rotational, rotaxanes, motions under proper energetic stimuli). The chapter sheds light on the electrochemical aspects of such matters, providing a comprehensive basis for future innovation in the field.