A systems approach to molecular electronics

Molecular electronics circuits based on crossbar architectures can be utilized for both logic and memory applications, but in order to realize such applications, many things must be simultaneously considered. These include the design of the molecule, the molecule electrode interface, electronically configurable and defect tolerant circuit architectures, methods for bridging the nanometer-scale densities of these circuits to the sub-micrometer densities achievable with lithography, etc. In this talk I will treat such circuits as a system, and discuss how all of these various properties are interrelated. I will also present experimental results of working random-access memory and configurable logic circuits, and FET-based multiplexers capable of bridging length scales.