Nanoscale Digital Devices Based on the Photoelectrochemical Photocurrent Switching Effect: Preparation, Properties and Applications

作者：Sylwia Gawęda, Remigiusz Kowalik, Przemysław Kwolek, Wojciech Macyk, Justyna Mech, Marek Oszajca, Agnieszka Podborska, Konrad T. Szacilowski · 发表于：Israel Journal of Chemistry · 年份：2011 · DOI：10.1002/ijch.201000057 · 被引用次数：39 · 研究领域：Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures、Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques、Advanced Memory and Neural Computing

Abstract New materials and new phenomena which can be used for information processing always inspire great enthusiasm. On the other hand, silicon is still the main workhorse of modern electronics. Production of bulk quantities of ultrapure silicon is relatively cheap and the processing technologies are extremely sophisticated. Introduction of new materials and phenomena, on the other hand, requires an enormous amount of hard experimental and theoretical work. The photoelectrochemical photocurrent switching effect (PEPS) is one of the processes that, in principle, can evolve into new information processing technology. This review presents the effect itself, along with preparation of appropriate semiconducting materials, physical principles of semiconductor–molecule interactions, and finally some prototypical constructions of logic devices based on the PEPS effect.