Talk:Molecular logic gate

message: An article on molecular logic gates is very problematic. Few people use this terminology to describe their work, and it is usually just the hyping of what anyone else would call a molecular switch, or molecular sensor. Examples in the literature all come from a small number of research groups, and many of them are in no way new science - more often they are just old news wrapped up in a new buzzword. I don't think the article should be removed, but it needs to include discussion of the terminology, and it needs strong links to the molecular switch and molecular sensor articles. I do think that the term "moleculator" should certainly be removed (or at least moved to a side-note), since it is very far from being an accepted term to any extent.
The real problem with "molecular logic gates" revolves around the definition of a logic gate. From the Wikipedia page, "A logic gate takes one or more logic-level inputs and produces a single logic-level output. Because the output is also a logic level, an output of one logic gate can connect to the input of one or more other logic gates. " The emphasis is mine. The ability to wire logic gates together is a conceptual foundation stone of what a logic gate is, and no published "molecular logic gate" goes any way even to give lip-service to this issue.
I hope to have time to come back and help contribute to the article at some point rather than just rant about it!
• TheBendster (talk) 23 September 2007, 13:37 (UTC)
* Molecular logic gate is a concept frequently encountered in the literature with several active research groups. I agree it is sometimes problematic to find a title the will capture the entire field, for instance Stoddart has the phrase XOR Gate Based on a Molecular Machine in one of his articles but to me a XOR gate is still a type of logic gate. I urge you to read up on Wiki policies before removing articles or deleting valid content. The content in the article is referenced, the key phrases are encountered in the literature and it is not possible to delete content on the basis of is buzzword or not an accepted term or is hype. I do not understand the third part of your criticism: for a definition of login gate the article refers to the logic gate article. There is no point duplicating content. If you feel that the molecular logic gates as published up to now do not actually perform as logic gates  your only recourse is to write a communication to one of the science journals and complain. V8rik 17:04, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
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