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The production of molecular machines1,2 that might be able to function as information processing systems presents3,4 a considerable challenge to the chemical community. The so-called bottom-up approach5 to device manufacture has intrigued physical scientists6 and electronic engineers7 for many years. Only recently are chemists8–13 beginning finally to learn how to self-assemble molecular4 and supramolecular systems such that information might ultimately be written into them, stored in them, processed in them, and eventually read back out of them.
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Preece, J.A., Stoddart, J.F. (1995). Self-Assembly: Whither and Thither Molecular Machines. In: Welland, M.E., Gimzewski, J.K. (eds) Ultimate Limits of Fabrication and Measurement. NATO ASI Series, vol 292. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0041-0_29
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