For example, for database operations that only need to access and/or operate on one or a small number of columns at a time, less memory space may be required than with traditional row-based storage, since only data blocks storing data in the particular columns that are actually needed to ...
“columnar discotic liquid crystals” as used herein refers to disc-shaped molecules, which are stacked one on top of the other to form a 2D lattice type of structure. The columns can adopt a hexagonal, rectangular, oblique, plastic, helical or lamellar packing. The term “nanowires” as ...