Electron switch in the double-cage fluorinated fullerene anions, e(-)@C20F18(XH)2C20F18 (X = N, B): new candidates for molecular quantum-dot cellular automata

Xingyong Wang; Jing Ma

doi:10.1039/c1cp21795j

Electron switch in the double-cage fluorinated fullerene anions, e(-)@C20F18(XH)2C20F18 (X = N, B): new candidates for molecular quantum-dot cellular automata

Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2011 Sep 28;13(36):16134-7. doi: 10.1039/c1cp21795j. Epub 2011 Aug 11.

Authors

Xingyong Wang¹, Jing Ma

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of MOE, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, P. R. China.

PMID: 21833417
DOI: 10.1039/c1cp21795j

Abstract

A new type of molecular quantum-dot cellular automata (MQCA) candidates is suggested using the double-cage fluorinated fullerene molecules, e(-)@C(20)F(18)(XH)(2)C(20)F(18) (X = N, B), which have bistable charge configurations that could be used to encode binary information. The electron switch between the two cages leads to the QCA function.