Rate-limiting processes determining the switching time in a Ag2S atomic switch

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 604-608

  Nayak, Alpana ^a   Tamura, Takuro ^b   Tsuruoka, Tohru ^a   Terabe, Kazuya ^a   Hosaka, Sumio ^b   Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi ^a   Aono, Masakazu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron transport; Hard matter; Optical and electronic devices

Indexed keywords

ARRHENIUS RELATIONS; ATOMIC BRIDGES; ATOMIC SWITCHES; DEVICE APPLICATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; MAIN PROCESS; NANO-GAP; RATE-LIMITING PROCESS; SWITCHING MECHANISM; SWITCHING TIME;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BIAS VOLTAGE; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; SWITCHING; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

ATOMS;

EID: 77749267616     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz900375a     Document Type: Article

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