SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ATOMIC FILM DATA STORAGE

摘要

The present disclosure provides systems and methods associated with data storage using atomic films, such as graphene, boron nitride, or silicene. A platter assembly may include at least one platter that has one or more substantially planar surfaces. One or more layers of a monolayer atomic film, such as graphene, may be positioned on a planar surface. Data may be stored on the atomic film using one or more vacancies, dopants, defects, and/or functionalized groups (presence or lack thereof) to represent one of a plurality of states in a multi-state data representation model, such as a binary, a ternary, or another base N data storage model. A read module may detect the vacancies, dopants, and/or functionalized groups (or a topographical feature resulting therefrom) to read the data stored on the atomic film.

主权项

1. A data storage device, comprising:
a platter assembly comprising at least one platter that has at least one substantially planar surface; a graphene film positioned on at least a portion of a substantially planar surface of a platter of the platter assembly, wherein the graphene film comprises a lattice structure; a plurality of vacancy regions formed in the lattice structure of the graphene film,
wherein each vacancy region comprises at least one atom missing from the lattice structure of the graphene film,wherein each vacancy region comprises one or more vacancies in the lattice structure of the graphene film,wherein each of the plurality of vacancy regions are configured to represent one of at least two possible states, andwherein the graphene file is configured to store readable data in the at least two possible states using the vacancy regions in the lattice structure of the graphene film; at least one read module configured to read the readable data on the substantially planar surface of the platter by detecting each of the at least two states, at least one of which states is represented by the vacancy regions; and a movement assembly configured to move at least one of the at least one read module and the platter assembly with respect to the other.