Information processing apparatus, and electrode substrate and information recording medium used in the apparatus
First Claim
1. An electrode substrate comprising a substrate and at least one noble metal planar crystal formed on said substrate as an electrode layer wherein said noble metal planar crystal is made of a single crystal having an electrode surface forming at least a facet of (111) plane orientation and a boundary of said single crystal surface is substantially linear.
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An electrode substrate includes a substrate and an electrode layer of a noble metal crystal formed on the substrate, the noble metal crystal exhibiting a substantially linear domain boundary and a plane orientation dispersion angle in X-ray analysis of 1° or less. An information recording medium includes an electrode substrate as described above and a recording layer provided on the electrode layer. An information processing apparatus includes: an information recording medium as described above; a probe electrode arranged in close proximity to this medium; and a voltage applying circuit for applying a pulse/bias voltage between the medium and the probe electrode, information being written/read onto/from the medium by the application of the pulse/bias voltage. An information processing method includes the steps of: preparing an information recording medium as described above; arranging a probe electrode in close proximity to the medium; and applying a pulse/bias voltage between the medium and the probe electrode so as to write/read information onto/from the medium.
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32 Claims
- 1. An electrode substrate comprising a substrate and at least one noble metal planar crystal formed on said substrate as an electrode layer wherein said noble metal planar crystal is made of a single crystal having an electrode surface forming at least a facet of (111) plane orientation and a boundary of said single crystal surface is substantially linear.
- 9. An information recording medium comprising a substrate, at least one noble metal planar crystal formed on said substrate, as an electrode layer and a recording layer provided on said electrode layer, wherein said noble metal planar crystal is made of a single crystal having an electrode surface forming at least a facet of (111) plane orientation and a boundary of said single crystal surface is substantially linear.
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21. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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an information recording medium, said information recording medium comprising a substrate, at least one noble metal planar crystal formed on said substrate, as an electrode layer, and a recording layer provided on said electrode layer, wherein said noble metal planar crystal is made of a single crystal having an electrode surface forming at least a facet of (111) plane orientation and a boundary of said single crystal surface is substantially linear; a probe electrode disposed in close proximity to said medium; a first voltage applying circuit for applying a pulse voltage between said medium and said probe electrode; a second voltage applying circuit for applying a bias voltage between said medium and said probe electrode;
whereininformation is written onto said medium by an application of said pulse voltage and said information is readable from said medium by an application of said bias voltage. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 31)
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27. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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an information recording medium, said information recording medium comprising a substrate, an electrode layer of a noble metal crystal joined on said substrate, and a recording layer provided on said electrode layer, said noble metal crystal exhibiting a substantially linear domain boundary and a plane orientation dispersion angle measured by X-ray analysis of no more than about 1°
;a probe electrode disposed in close proximity to said medium; a first voltage applying circuit for applying a pulse voltage between said medium and said probe electrode; a second voltage applying circuit for applying a bias voltage between said medium and said probe electrode;
whereininformation is written onto said medium by an application of said pulse voltage and said information is readable from said medium by an application of said bias voltage.
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29. An information processing method comprising the steps of:
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providing an information recording medium, comprising a substrate, at least one noble metal planar crystal formed on said substrate as an electrode layer and a recording layer provided on said electrode layer, wherein said noble planar metal crystal is made of a single crystal having an electrode surface forming at least a facet of (111) plane orientation and a boundary of said single crystal surface is substantially linear, said recording layer consisting of at least one layer of monomolecular film of an organic compound, wherein said recording layer has a thickness ranging from about 5 to about 300 Å
, has a memory effect, and further comprises a track;arranging a probe electrode in close proximity to said medium; applying a pulse voltage between said medium and said probe electrode, thereby recording an information by imparting a perturbation to a surface of said medium by selectively generating disturbance; and
applying a bias voltage between said medium and said probe electrode to read the information of said medium. - View Dependent Claims (30, 32)
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