Electronic two-terminal bistable graphitic memories

Nature Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 966-971

  Li, Yubao ^a   Sinitskii, Alexander ^a   Tour, James M ^a,b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION; OXIDE FILMS; SILICON OXIDES;

CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; ELECTRONIC SWITCHING; GRAPHITIC SHEETS; NANO-ELECTROMECHANICAL; NONLINEAR CURRENT; PLANAR SUBSTRATE; THREE-TERMINAL DEVICES; TWO-TERMINAL DEVICES;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 56749105604     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2331     Document Type: Article

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