nanodot

British

/ ˈnænəʊˌdɒt /

noun

a microscopic cluster of several hundred nickel atoms that can be used to store extremely large amounts of data in a computer chip

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By using a wide range of naturally abundant bio-organic raw materials, the company have avoided the environmental problems caused by other nanodot technologies that are heavy metal-based, making them toxic.

From Newsweek

“We have created magnetic nanodots that store one bit of information on each nanodot, allowing us to store over one billion pages of information in a chip that is one square inch,” says Dr. Jay Narayan, the John C. Fan Distinguished Chair Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at NC State and author of the research.

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