Molecular Devices and Machines : Concepts and Perspectives for the Nanoworld

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911020169203321
• Autore: Balzani Vincenzo <1936->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, : Wiley, 2008
• ISBN: 9783527621682; 3527621687
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (584 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): CrediAlberto; VenturiMargherita
• Disciplina: 620.5
• Soggetti: Molecular electronics; Nanotechnology; Technology - General; Engineering & Applied Sciences
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Molecular Devices and Machines; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Glossary; List of Abbreviations; I General Concepts; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Devices and Machines at the Molecular Level; 1.2 Nanoscience and Nanotechnology; 1.3 Supramolecular (Multicomponent) Chemistry; 1.4 Top-Down (Large-Downward) Approach; 1.5 Bottom-Up (Small-Upward) Approach; 1.6 Bottom-up Molecule-by-Molecule Approach; 1.7 Self-Organization and Covalent Synthetic Design; 1.8 Energy and Signals; 2 Processing Energy and Signals by Molecular and Supramolecular Systems; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Molecular Electronics; 2.3 Molecular Photonics2.4 Molecular Chemionics; 2.5 Molecular Electrophotonics; 2.5.1 Solution Systems; 2.5.2 Solid State; 2.6 Molecular Electrochemionics; 2.7 Molecular Photoelectronics; 2.7.1 Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Homogeneous Systems; 2.7.2 Photoinduced Potential Generation in Heterogeneous Systems; 2.8 Molecular Photochemionics; 2.8.1 Proton Release or Uptake; 2.8.2 Metal Ion Release; 2.8.3 Anion Release; 2.8.4 Molecule Release; 2.8.5 Configurational Changes; 2.9 Molecular Chemiophotonics; 2.10 ; Molecular Chemioelectronics; 2.11 Multiple Input/Processes; 2.11.1 A Sequence of Two Chemical and a Photonic Inputs Generating Photon Emission2.11.2 Two Electrochemical Inputs in Parallel Generating a Chemical and a Photonic Process in a Sequence; 2.11.3 A Photonic Input Generating Parallel and Serial Processes; II Molecular Devices for Processing Electrons and Electronic Energy; 3 Fundamental Principles of Photoinduced Electron and Energy Transfer; 3.1 Molecular and Supramolecular Photochemistry; 3.1.1 Molecular Photochemistry; 3.1.2 Supramolecular Photochemistry; 3.2 Electron Transfer; 3.2.1 Marcus Theory; 3.2.2 Quantum Mechanical Theory; 3.2.2.1 The Electronic Factor3.2.2.2 The Nuclear Factor; 3.2.2.3 Optical Electron Transfer; 3.3 Energy Transfer; 3.3.1 Coulombic Mechanism; 3.3.2 Exchange Mechanism; 3.4 Role of the Bridge; 4 Wires and Related Systems; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Conductivity Measurements; 4.3 Electron-Transfer Processes at Electrodes; 4.4 Wire-Type Systems Based on Photoinduced Charge Separation; 4.4.1 Introduction; 4.4.2 Dyads, Triads, and Larger Systems; 4.4.3 Covalently Linked Systems Containing Metal Complexes; 4.4.4 Covalently Linked Systems Containing Porphyrins; 4.4.5 Covalently Linked Systems Based on Organic Compounds4.4.6 DNA and Related Systems; 4.5 Heterogeneous Photoinduced Electron Transfer; 4.6 Energy Transfer; 4.6.1 Covalently Linked Systems Containing Metal Complexes; 4.6.2 Covalently Linked Systems Containing Porphyrins; 4.6.3 Covalently Linked Systems Based on Organic Compounds; 4.6.4 DNA and Related Systems; 5 Switching Electron- and Energy-Transfer Processes; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Switching of Electron-Transfer Processes; 5.2.1 Photon Inputs; 5.2.1.1 Long-Lived Switching; 5.2.1.2 Fast and Ultrafast Switching; 5.2.2 Redox Inputs; 5.2.3 Acid-Base Inputs
• Sommario/riassunto: Targeted at a broad audience ranging from chemists and biochemists to physicists and engineers, this book covers advanced research while being written in an easily understandable language accessible to any interested researcher or graduate student.Following an introduction to the general concepts, the authors go on to discuss devices for processing electrons and electronic energy, memories, logic gates and related systems, and, finally, molecular-scale machines.