Molecule changes magnetism and conductance
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 - 15:00
in Physics & Chemistry
One bit of digital information stored on a hard disk currently consists of about 3 million magnetic atoms. Researchers have now developed a magnetic memory with one bit per molecule. By an electric pulse, the metal-organic molecule can be switched reliably between a conductive, magnetic state and a low-conductive, non-magnetic state.