一个很简单的分子的阳离子, 4-(4-dimethylaminophenyl )-2,6-diphenylpyrylium, 被表明了响应酸和底的输入根据分子的系统的可检测的分光镜的变化有分子的一半蝮蛇和一半消减器的功能。不同代数学的手术能在这个可配置的分子的逻辑系统被动。
A very simple molecular cation, 4-(4-dimethylaminophenyl)-2,6-diphenylpyrylium, has been demonstrated to have a function of molecular half-adder and half-subtractor according to the detectable spectroscopic changes of the molecular system in response to the inputs of acid and base. Distinct algebraic operations can be performed in this reconfigurable molecular logic system.