10/02/2007

Ferritin proteins yield ultrathin computer memory



An idea to construct ultrathin computer memory was successfully develop by Researchers from the Nara Institute of Science and Technology. From this invention, a series of manga and anime television programs -like Detective Conan which very popular at Japan, Malaysia are not a fiction anymore. It then will develop to ultrathin computer that, if coupled with ultrathin displays, could one day be used in devices like the high-tech eyeglasses that appear in Detective Conan. According to team leader and electronics engineering professor Yukiharu Uraoka, it also can be applied into clothing, but I do not so sure how its can work.

In this new method, ferritin containing metal molecules is applied to a substrate and allowed to self-assemble into a high-density, ordered arrangement. The ferritin is then irradiated with UV light, which completely destroys the protein and leaves behind tiny metal deposits on the substrate. In this way, the researchers bypassed the need for high-temperature processing, allowing for the creation of ultrathin memory chips that measure less than 1 micron in thickness.

Source : pinktentacle

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