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ReviewNature materials2024

Potential and challenges of computing with molecular materials.

R Stanley Williams, Sreebrata Goswami, Sreetosh Goswami

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Review in Nature materials, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

R Stanley WilliamsDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0213-4259
Sreebrata GoswamiCentre for Nanoscience and Engineering (CeNSE), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-5656
Sreetosh GoswamiCentre for Nanoscience and Engineering (CeNSE), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. sreetosh@iisc.ac.in.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5104-5757

Funding

DOE | SC | Basic Energy Sciences (BES) DE-SC0023353
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We are at an inflection point in computing where traditional technologies are incapable of keeping up with the demands of exploding data collection and artificial intelligence. This challenge demands a leap to a new platform as transformative as the digital silicon revolution. Over the past 30 years molecular materials for computing have generated great excitement but continually fallen short of performance and reliability requirements. However, recent reports indicate that those historical limitations may have been resolved. Here we assess the current state of computing with molecular-based materials, especially using transition metal complexes of redox active ligands, in the context of neuromorphic computing. We describe two complementary research paths necessary to determine whether molecular materials can be the basis of a new computing technology: continued exploration of the molecular electronic properties that enable computation and, equally important, the process development for on-chip integration of molecular materials.

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