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Molecular electronics: Current state and future trends

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The paper reviews the current state of molecular electronics and considers the most interesting trends in its development. It is noted that microscopic dimensions in quantum processes are not the only advantage of molecular technology. It is also important that chemical synthesis of molecular systems ensures the identity of assembled functional elements, thereby providing reliability and efficiency of quantum processes in molecular electronic devices. We propose using the quantum effect of the Peierls instability, which is readily realized in one-dimensional molecular systems. Advantages of this approach are discussed.

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Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences. Translated fromZhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, Vol. 34, No. 6, pp. 75–85, November–December, 1993.

Translated by O. Kharlamova

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Krieger, Y.G. Molecular electronics: Current state and future trends. J Struct Chem 34, 896–904 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00752864

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