Ultra High Density Storage Media and Method Thereof

Authors

Ravi F. Saraf, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

May 2001

Comments

Inventors:Arunava Gupta, Valley Cottage; Ravi Saraf, Briarcliff Manor, both of NY US)

Abstract

A storage media for storing information having a substrate. The substrate has an upper surface and a molecular weight greater than 5,000. Preferably the material is a polymer. The material has a plurality of piles of molecular chains in selected areas formed by pushing the molecular chains of the material on its upper surface to the selected area mechanically with a mechanical tool. The piles represent written information. The mechanical tool is preferably an atomic force microscope. Another aspect of the present invention is a method for storing information having the steps of selecting a material substrate having an upper surface and pushing molecules on the upper surface into a molecular pile at selected locations.