Study demonstrates how mixtures of isotopologues can store high density information

By Hannah Hamilton2024-09-06T11:33:00

An organic molecule where some hydrogens have been replaced with deuterium

Source: © Andras Kotschy/Servier Research Institute of Medicinal Chemistry

Encoding process works by varying extent of deuteration in an aminoquinoline carboxylic acid

Data can be encoded within mixtures of isotopologues of a carboxylic acid then decoded by analysing those mixtures with mass spectrometry, new research shows. The work illustrates how simple molecules can reliably store high density information.