---
title: "Breakthrough In Single Molecule Tech Can Increase The Storage Capacity Of Flash Memory Cards"
description: "Single molecule technology could finally break Moore's law and allow gadgets to store huge amounts of data on tiny flash storage cards"
date: "2014-11-20"
modified: "2015-08-13"
authors:
  - name: "Radu Serban"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/techie1986"
url: "https://futurism.com/breakthrough-single-molecule-tech-can-increase-storage-capacity-flash-memory-cards"
categories:
  - "Future Materials"
  - "Science & Energy"
tags:
  - "materials"
---

# Breakthrough In Single Molecule Tech Can Increase The Storage Capacity Of Flash Memory Cards

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/molecule.jpg>)

- Flash memory cards currently use metal-oxide-semiconductor components and are impossible to manufacture at a scale below ten nanometers
- Scientists have successfully designed and synthesized new molecules that work in a similar way to transistors
- Professor Lee Cronin from the University of Glasgow says that the new technology has incredible potential