Expedited Award: Interfacial Morphology of Polymer Thin Films for Computer Memory Applications

加急奖：用于计算机内存应用的聚合物薄膜的界面形态

• 批准号: 8714420
• 负责人: David Soane
• 金额: $ 3万
• 依托单位: University of California-Berkeley
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1987
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1987-08-15 至 1989-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8714420&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Expedited; Award; Interfacial; Morphology; Polymer

Research Summary: The research is focused on the use of polymeric thin films in the microelectronics/computer industry. Major areas being studied include high density reversible mass data storage by direct laser writing and erasure in organic thin films, interfacial properties and phase morphology determination of these films, and preparation and characterization of these thin films. Both in-depth experimental investigations and model simulations of key processes will be pursued in order to develop feasible systems and optimize processing conditions. Impact on Current Technology: Success of this research will allow data in massive amounts to be stored, erased at will, and transferred in real time. All these tasks can be accomplished in light weight and compact organic media. Information processing will therefore no longer be limited by current magnetic disk technology, which suffers from frequent head crashes, accidental erasure by stray magnetic fields and generally low data density. The last drawback stems from the fact that reading and writing heads can not be miniaturized as to address spots smaller than about 50 square micrometers. In contrast, laser pulses can be focused to expose areas as small as 1 square micrometer. It is clear that if optical media are developed, a major bottleneck of computer technology evolution will be removed.

研究综述：该研究的重点是聚合物薄膜在微电子/计算机产业中的应用。主要研究领域包括有机薄膜中激光直接写入和擦除的高密度可逆海量数据存储，这些薄膜的界面性质和相形态的测定，以及这些薄膜的制备和表征。将对关键工艺进行深入的实验研究和模型模拟，以开发可行的系统和优化工艺条件。对当前技术的影响：这项研究的成功将允许存储、随意擦除和实时传输大量数据。所有这些任务都可以在轻质紧凑的有机介质中完成。因此，信息处理将不再受当前磁盘技术的限制，当前磁盘技术遭受频繁的磁头崩溃、杂散磁场意外擦除和一般低数据密度的困扰。最后一个缺点源于这样一个事实，即读写头不能被微型化以寻址小于约50平方微米的光点。相比之下，激光脉冲可以聚焦到曝光面积小到1平方微米的地方。很明显，如果光学介质被开发出来，计算机技术发展的一个主要瓶颈将被消除。