Optochemical Storage System Cuts Costs, Resists Data Corruption
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 25, 2021 — Fluorescent dyes could play a central role in the quest for optical methods to ensure reliable and cost-effective data storage. A Harvard University research team has devised a way to store digital data in fluorescent dye molecules, using combinations of seven commercially available fluorescent dyes. The storage and read-out technique is fast, resistant to corruption, low-cost, and energy-efficient. First, the researchers “write” the information by inkjet-printing