The next generation mass storage devices - Physical principles and current status

Contemporary Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 75-93

  Wang, L ^a   Gai, S ^a  

^a NANCHANG HANGKONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

areal density; carbon nanotube; data storage; DNA; nanocrystal; organic; scanning probe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897655990     PISSN: 00107514     EISSN: 13665812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00107514.2013.878565     Document Type: Review

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