Self-Assembled Molecular Electronics

When Moore's Law hits the solid-state fabrication “brick wall,” researchers in the field of molecular electronics want to be there to pick up the pieces, using self-assembly as one of the tools. Of course, Gordon Moore, one of the founders of Intel, did not actually posit a Law, he made a prediction that the number of components “crammed” onto integrated circuits would double every year.¹ This prediction was later modified to a doubling every 18 months, and has held true long past the 1975 end date Moore originally used, an accuracy that convinced industry pundits to refer to his prediction as a Law.