Inventors:
Urs T. Duerig - Rueschlikon, CH
Jane Elizabeth Frommer - San Jose CA, US
Bernd Walter Gotsmann - Horgen, CH
Erik Christopher Hagberg - Evansville IN, US
James Lupton Hedrick - Pleasanton CA, US
Armin W. Knoll - Zurich, CH
Victor Yee-Way Lee - San Jose CA, US
Teddie Peregrino Magbitang - San Jose CA, US
Robert Dennis Miller - San Jose CA, US
Russell Clayton Pratt - Los Gatos CA, US
Charles Gordon Wade - Los Gatos CA, US
Johannes Windeln - Bodenheim, DE
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:
G11B 3/00
Abstract:
An approach is presented for designing a polymeric layer for nanometer scale thermo-mechanical storage devices. Cross-linked polyimide oligomers are used as the recording layers in atomic force data storage device, giving significantly improved performance when compared to previously reported cross-linked and linear polymers. The cross-linking of the polyimide oligomers may be tuned to match thermal and force parameters required in read-write-erase cycles. Additionally, the cross-linked polyimide oligomers are suitable for use in nano-scale imaging.