Electronic Bistable Recording Media for Scanning Multiprobe based Ultrahigh-Density Data Storage

• Applicants: Dr. Rüdiger Berger; Professor Dr. Jochen Gutmann
• Subject Area: Physical Chemistry of Solids and Surfaces, Material Characterisation
• Term: from 2009 to 2014
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 151226304

Our goal is to develop bistable organic conductive media as storage media for a micro-fabricated scanning device to achieve ultra-high density data recording. New concepts are required for the fabrication and mechanical stabilisation of the storage media to enable applications in the field of nanoelectronics. In particular, the interface of the storage media should mechanically resist copious scanning (1000 Goals cycles) with a scanning probe tip to avoid degradation of the soft organic conductive media. The media should be rewritable using voltage pulses maximal 5 V in amplitude and maximal 1 ps duration. A device based on all MEMS will be developed that writes and reads data electrically beyond an areal density of 1 Tbit/inch2. Join Japanese and German research effort to develop new recording media.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants
• International Connection: Japan
• Participating Person: Professor Dr. Takahito Ono