Konrad Szacilowski 
Infochemistry [EPUB ebook] 
Information Processing at the Nanoscale

Preface
1 Introduction to the theory of information
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Definition and properties of information
1.3 Principles of Boolean algebra
1.4 Digital information processing and logic gates
1.4.1 Simple logic gates
1.4.2 Concatenated logic circuits
1.4.3 Sequential logic circuits
1.5 Ternary and higher logic calculi
1.6 Irreversible vs reversible logic
2 Physical and technological limits of classical electronics
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Fundamental limitations of information processing
2.3 Technological limits of miniaturization
3 Changing the paradigm: towards computation with molecules
4 Low-dimensional metals and semiconductors
4.1 Dimensionality and morphology of nanostructures
4.2 Electrical and optical properties of nanoobjects and nanostructures
4.2.1 Metals
4.2.2 Semiconductors
4.3 Molecular scale engineering of semiconducting surfaces
4.3.1 Semiconductor-molecule interactions
4.2.3 Electronic coupling between semiconducting surfaces and adsorbates
5 Carbon nanostructures
5.1 Nanoforms of carbon
5.2 Electronic structure and properties of graphene
5.3 Carbon nanotubes
5.4 Conjugated and polyaromatic systems
5.5 Nanocarbon and organic semiconductor devices
6 Photoelectrochemical photocurrent switching and related phenomena
6.1 Photocurrent generation and switching in neat semiconductors
6.2 Photocurrent switching in MIM organic devices
6.3 Photocurrent switching in semiconducting composites
6.4 Photocurrent switching in surface-modified semiconductors
7 Self-organization and self-assembly in supramolecular systems
7.1 Supramolecular assembly: Towards molecular devices
7.2 Self-assembled semiconducting structures
7.3 Self-assembly at solid interfaces
7.4 Controlling self-assembly of nanoparticles
7.5 Self-assembly and molecular electronics
8 Molecular-scale electronics
8.1 Electron transfer and molecular junctions
8.2 Nanoscale electromagnetism
8.3 Molecular rectifiers
9 Molecular logic gates
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Chemically driven logic gates
9.2.1 OR gates
9.2.2 AND gates
9.2.3 XOR gates
9.2.4 INH gates
9.2.5 IMP gates
9.2.6 Inverted logic gates (NOR, NAND, XNOR)
9.2.7 Behind classical Boolean scheme – ternary logic and Feynman gate
9.3 All-optical logic gates
9.4 Electrochemical logic systems
10 Molecular computing systems
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Reconfigurable and superimposed molecular logic devices
10.3 Concatenated chemical logic systems
10.4 Molecular-scale digital communication
10.4.1 Multiplexers and demultiplexers
10.4.2 Encoders and decoders
10.4.3 Molecular scale signal amplification
10.5 Molecular arithmetics: Adders and subtractors
10.5.1 Molecular-scale half-adders
10.5.2 Molecular-scale half subtractors
10.5.3 Half adders/half subtractors
10.5.4 Full adders and full subtractors: towards molecular processors
10.6 Molecular scale security systems
10.7 Noise and error propagation in concatenated systems
11 Bioinspired and biomimetic logic devices
11.1 Information processing in natural systems
11.2 Protein-based digital systems
11.2.1 Enzymes as information processing molecules
11.2.2 Enzymes as information carriers
11.3 Binary logic devices based on nucleic acidd
11.4 Logic devices based on whole organisms
12 Concluding remarks and future prospects

Konrad Szacilowski is Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at AGH University of Science and Technology, and Associate Professor in Chemistry at Jagiellonian University, Poland. His research interests are focused mainly on information processing at the molecular level, surface engineering of nanocrystalline materials, photoelectrochemistry of wide band gap semiconductors, and molecular nanoelectronics.