Molecular dynamics study of the switching mechanism of carbon-based resistive memory

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3434-3441

  He, Yu ^a   Zhang, Jinyu ^a   Guan, Ximeng ^a   Zhao, Liang ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Qian, He ^a   Yu, Zhiping ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Graphite; memories; molecular dynamics (MD)

Indexed keywords

BIAS CONDITIONS; CARBON-BASED; COUPLED CALCULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT PULSE; ELECTROHEAT; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; HIGH-RESISTANCE STATE; KEY FACTORS; LOW-RESISTANCE STATE; MD SIMULATION; MEMORIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS METHODS; POWER SUPPLY; RESISTANCE SWITCHING; RESISTIVE MEMORIES; RESISTIVE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY; SWITCHING MECHANISM; SWITCHING PROCESS; VOLTAGE PULSE;

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; GRAPHITE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; SWITCHING;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 78649987702     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2010.2076375     Document Type: Article

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