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Novel molecules could help flash memory move beyond its storage limits, allowing for massive amounts of data to be recorded in small spaces, according to European scientists.

Metal-oxide clusters that can retain electrical charge and act as RAM could form a new basis for data cells used in flash memory, the researchers from the University of Glasgow’s Schools of Chemistry and Engineering and Rovira i Virgili University in Spain wrote in a letter ( http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature13951.html ) published in Nature.

The group of 13 researchers said that polyoxometalate (POM) molecules can act as storage nodes for MOS flash memory. They used tungsten to synthesize POM metal-oxide clusters and added selenium to their inner cores, in a process known as doping, to create a new type of memory they call “write-once-erase.”

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2851032/molecular-flash-memory-could-store-massive-data.html

[Additional Coverage]: http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/11/researchers-craft-molecule-that-works-as-flash-storage/