Switches lie at the heart of electronics and their design puts a limit on the size of integrated circuits. By harnessing chemistry, researchers have reduced this problem to a molecular level.
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Feldheim, D. Flipping a molecular switch. Nature 408, 45–46 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/35040687
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