Posted by ketyung
on Feb/25/2009
at 2:44 am
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst claimed that they’ve found a new technique using self-assembling nanoscale elements, which allows electronic media to hold up to 125 Gigabytes (10 terabits) of data per square inch.
According to Ting Xu, faculty scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the density achievable with the technology they’ve developed could potentially enable the contents of 250 DVDs to fit onto a surface the size of a quarter.
The technique actually makes use of self-assembling molecules on the thin film of block copolymers to make an extremely precise pattern. So it allows researchers to achieve defect-free arrays of nanoscopic elements that are so tiny and able to hold up 10 Terabits or 125GB of data per square inch.
They also claimed they’re able to produce nearly perfect arrays over macroscopic surfaces, which are over 15 times higher in density than anything ever achieved before. With the super high density, you could get a high-def picture on a screen the size of a JumboTron.
via gizmowatch
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