Molecular Electronics: Commercial Insights, Chemistry, Devices, Architecture and Programming
May 28, 2010 by AboutNanoWires.com
Product Description
This book presents an in-depth discussion on molecular electronics in an easy-to-understand manner, aiming at chemists, computer scientists, surface scientists, physicists, and applied mathematicians. Lighter overviews are provided for the science-minded layperson and the high tech entrepreneur in this nanoscale science. The author has included a detailed synthetic chemistry treasure chest, protocols of self-assembling routes for bottom-up fabrication atop silicon platforms, representative current-voltage and memory readouts from molecular devices, and overviews of present architectural and mathematical approaches to programming molecular computing machines. The investment and commercial insertion landscape is painted along with a “Who’s Who” in the molecular electronics business space. Advice and forewarnings are provided in a practical yet witty manner for the aspiring academic corporate founder and the business CEO wannabe seeking to establish a high tech company while wading through the idiosyncratic morass of university personalities and university-owned intellectual property.
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This book is great! Everyone should buy it! It combines both corporate and scientific information! This is a must-buy!
Rating: 5 / 5
This book is a tremendous disappointment. Don’t be misled by its title, it is NOT a survey of the molecular electronics field. Instead, it’s based on the very particular technology and experience of Prof. Tour and his colleagues.
The book’s contents are primarily: (a) a very brief commentary on the nanotechnology business, based on Prof. Tour’s experience, (b) a description of particular technology of Prof. Tour’s start-up, and (c) detailed chemical synthesis protocols for compounds relevant mainly to Prof. Tour’s company’s technology. Part (c) is by far the longest segment of the book.
I was benchmarking for a possible VC investment in this field around the time this book was written. Prof. Tour’s company was among those I looked at (albeit without any direct interaction with the company or Prof. Tour himself). On that basis, I’d suggest that his description of his start-up experience might not be particularly enlightening for others. The fact that it’s described in a turgid and pompous style doesn’t help, either.
Rating: 1 / 5