Polymer electronic memories: Materials, devices and mechanisms

Progress in Polymer Science (Oxford)

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 917-978

  Ling, Qi Dan ^a   Liaw, Der Jang ^b   Zhu, Chunxiang ^a   Chan, Daniel Siu Hung ^a   Kang, En Tang ^a   Neoh, Koon Gee ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electronic memories; Polymers; Switching phenomena

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; POLYMERS;

BASIC CONCEPTS; COMPREHENSIVE REVIEWS; CONVENTIONAL MEMORIES; CURRENT STATES; ELECTRICAL SWITCHING; ELECTRONIC MEMORIES; HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS; MATERIAL STRUCTURES; MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES; NANOSCALE; OPERATING MECHANISMS; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; POLYMER MEMORIES; PRIMARY CIRCUITS; PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENTS; RESEARCH TOPICS; SWITCHING ELEMENTS; SWITCHING PHENOMENA;

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT;

EID: 55549101230     PISSN: 00796700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2008.08.001     Document Type: Review

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