7. Glossary

molecular electronics; molecular electronic

Discipline involving the use of molecular building blocks (single molecules, biomolecules, nanotubes, nanoparticles, graphene, etc.) in the manufacture of electronic components.

ingénierie moléculaire; molecular engineering

Reasoned design of molecules whose architecture must enable them to fulfill at least one function. Depending on the definition, this may extend to controlling the supramolecular organization of these functional molecules.

3d transition ions; 3d transition ions

Chemical elements whose electronic sublayer d is incomplete or whose cations may have such a sublayer. 3d cations are therefore positively charged ions (from + 1 to + 8) with electronic configuration [Ar]3d ⁿ ...