ELECTRONICS AND EMERGING PARADIGMS Introduction Historical Overview: From Atoms to Theory of Microscopic Systems and Fabrication Devices, Circuits, and Processing Platforms Electronics and Processing Platforms: Retrospect and Prospect Molecular Processing Platforms: Evidence of Feasibility, Soundness, and Practicality Substantiation Microelectronics and Emerging Paradigms: Challenges, Implications, and Solutions References MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS: DEVICE-LEVEL AND SYSTEM-LEVEL CONSIDERATIONS Performance Estimates Topologies, Organizations, and Architectures Synthesis Taxonomy in Design of Molecular Integrated Circuits and Processing Platforms References BIOMOLECULAR PROCESSING AND MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS Neuroscience: Conventional Outlook and Brainstorming Rational Processing in Neurons Biomolecules and Ions Transport: Communication Energetics and Energy Estimates Applied Information Theory and Information Estimates Biomimetics and Bioprototyping Fluidic Molecular Platforms Neuromorphological Reconfigurable Molecular Processing Platforms and Cognitive Processing Reconfigurable 3D Networking-and-Processing and Reconfigurable Vector Neural Networks Biomolecules and Bioinformatics References DESIGN OF MOLECULAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS Molecular Electronics and Gates: Device and Circuits Prospective Decision Diagrams and Logic Design of Molecular Integrated Circuits Hypercube Design Molecular Signal/Data Processing and Memory Platforms Finite-State Machines and Their Use in Hardware and Software Design Adaptive Defect-Tolerant Molecular Processing Platforms Hardware-Software Design References SYNTHESIS OF MOLECULAR ELECTRONIC DEVICES: TOWARDS MOLECULAR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS Synthesis of Molecular Electronic Devices Testing and Characterization of Proof of Concept Molecular Electronic Devices Molecular Integrated Circuits and Design Rules References MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF MOLECULAR ELECTRONIC DEVICES Atomic Structures and Quantum Mechanics Introduction to Modeling and Analysis Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle Particle Velocity Schrödinger Equation Quantum Mechanics and Molecular Electronic Devices: Three-Dimensional Problem Electromagnetic Field and Control of Particles in Molecular Electronic Devices Green Function Formalism Case Study: Multiterminal Quantum Effect Molecular Electronic Device References INDEX.