Electroforming and resistance-switching mechanism in a magnetite thin film

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 13, 2007, Pages

  Odagawa, A ^a   Katoh, Y ^a   Kanzawa, Y ^a   Wei, Z ^a   Mikawa, T ^a   Muraoka, S ^a   Takagi, T ^a  

^a PANASONIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROFORMING; MAGNETITE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; REDOX REACTIONS; THIN FILMS;

MAGHEMITE; MULTIPLE ELECTRODES; SWITCHING PHENOMENON;

SWITCHING;

EID: 34848874736     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2789178     Document Type: Article

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