In this field, an accurate molecular design and a structural design of an electrode surface will lay the foundation for creating switching functions, using light, electric fields, and magnetic fields. Instead of randomly integrating single-molecule devices that possess such functions, a system for proactively utilizing the fluctuations and variations in the current signals is orchestrated for realizing signal processing by cooperative actions of numerous molecules.

The phrase “Molecular Architectonics” refers to the manifestation of electronic, optical, and information-processing functions that are orchestrated by molecular assemblies like pillars and beams in a building structure. The researchers will participate as “molecular architects,” in the “design” and “fabrication” processes, to elaborately design a procedure for the determination of the position of pillars (molecules) on the foundation (surface), for creating organisms.