Molecular Devices and Machines – A Journey into the Nano World

Preface.Reference.General Concepts.PART I: DEVICES FOR PROCESSING ELECTRONS AND ELECTRONIC ENERGY.Fundamental Principles of Electron and Energy Transfer.Wires and Related Systems.Switching Electron- and Energy-transfer Processes.Light-harvesting Antennae.Photoinduced Charge Separation and Solar Energy Conversion.PART II: MEMORIES, LOGIC GATES, AND RELATED SYSTEMS.Bistable Systems.Multistate-Multifunctional Systems.Logic Gates.PART III: MOLECULAR-SCALE MACHINES.Basic Principles of Molecular Machines.Spontaneous Mechanical-like Motions.Movements Related to Opening, Closing, and Translocation Functions.Rotary Movements.Threading-Dethreading Movements.Linear Movements.Motions in Catenanes.Appendix.Glossary.List of Abbreviations.Subject Index.