Mar 29, 2024
Researchers challenge the limits of molecular memory, opening the door to the development of molecular chips
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: chemistry, computing
Some molecules respond to external light pulses by changing their structure and holding certain states that can be switched from one to another. These are commonly referred to as photoswitches and usually have two possible states. Recently, however, scientists from the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IOCB Prague) have developed a molecule that takes the possibilities of photoswitches a step further.