RADICAL BONDING OPENS WINDOW TO MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS

摘要

Miniaturizing computers well beyond today's capabilities will require building not with small materials, or even nanomateri-als, but with molecules. Molecular electronic devices promise miniaturization, high speed, and low power usage, but fabrication and stability remain significant hurdles. The key to making practical devices may lie in a better understanding of intrinsic material properties. In particular, electronically stabilized phenalenyl radicals are attractive candidates with great research interest, but these are notoriously difficult to create and study.