A molecular-rotor device for nonvolatile high-density memory applications

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1047-1049

  Xue, Mei ^a   Kabehie, Sanaz ^a   Stieg, Adam Z ^a   Tkatchouk, Ekaterina ^b   Benitez, Diego ^b   Goddard, William A ^b   Zink, Jeffrey I ^a   Wang, Kang L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular rotor; monolayer; nonvolatile memory; redox induced rotation; resistive switching; tunneling transport

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR ROTORS; NON-VOLATILE MEMORIES; REDOX-INDUCED ROTATION; RESISTIVE SWITCHING; TUNNELING TRANSPORT;

MONOLAYERS; ROTATION; SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

SWITCHING;

EID: 77956179789     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2010.2052018     Document Type: Article

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