High-density non-volatile memory devices incorporating sandwich coordination compounds
AssigneeNorth Carolina State University
InventorJonathan S. Lindsey
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Abstract
The present invention provides high density, non-volatile memory devices incorporating sandwich coordination compounds. Such molecules can have multiple different and distinguishable oxidation states (e.g., ten different and distinguishable oxidation states), and thus provide molecules, information storage media and apparatus that store multiple bits of information.
Claims43
An apparatus for storing data, said apparatus comprising:
- a fixed electrode electrically coupled to
- a storage medium having a plurality of different and distinguishable oxidation states wherein data is stored in said oxidation states by the addition or withdrawal of one or more electrons from said storage medium via the electrically coupled electrode;
- said storage medium comprising a sandwich coordination compound selected from the group consisting of double-decker sandwich coordination compounds and triple-decker sandwich coordination compounds.
An information storage medium, said storage medium comprising at least one storage molecule such that said storage medium has at least two different and distinguishable non-neutral oxidation states;
- wherein said storage medium comprises a sandwich coordination compound selected from the group consisting of double-decker sandwich coordination compounds and triple-decker sandwich coordination compounds.
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