Chinese researchers are investigating the potential of organic materials to develop a new type of hard drive that can store six times more data than existing mechanical models.
Traditional hard drives rely on magnetic areas to represent each other and zero, storing data in a dual form. China is now working on a new hard drive technology. The new molecular hard drives maintain their own single layers of organometallic complex molecules such as RU X LPH, maintaining ultra -low power consumption measured only as 2.94 pikowatts per bit, but significantly increases data density.
To put it shorterly, the new “organic” hard drives are able to store data with very small energy.
An important component in the operation of molecular HDDs is a kind of microscope tip (C-AFM) that serves as mechanical programming and reading head. The nano -resolution resolution of the tip allows precision control over its molecular conductivity, allowing a multi -lice storage in an extraordinarily small footprint.
Safer hard drives
Another advantage of molecular hard drives is the advanced security they offer. Unlike traditional discs that require separate encryption mechanisms, molecular HDDs have the feature of Xor encryption at the molecular level. This ability strengthens safety against cyber threats by providing safe data coding and reading without additional equipment.
The research was published in Nature Communications. Authors say that future studies will focus on improveing scaling, increasing conductivity and taking environmental sensitivity.
