Fabrication of stable low voltage organic bistable memory device

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 684-688

  Ramana, Ch V V ^e   Moodely, M K ^a   Kannan, V ^b   Maity, A ^c   Jayaramudu, J ^d   Clarke, W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^d TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carrier transport mechanisms; Organic bistable memory device; Polymethyl methacrylate; ZnO nanoparticle

Indexed keywords

AFM; BISTABLE MEMORY DEVICES; COATED GLASS; DIGITAL MEMORY; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; LOW VOLTAGES; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; ON/OFF RATIO; SWITCHING CHARACTERISTICS; SWITCHING MECHANISM; TRANSPORT MECHANISM; TWO-TERMINAL DEVICES; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

DIGITAL DEVICES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ITO GLASS; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; SPIN GLASS; VANADIUM; ZINC OXIDE;

EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84856221165     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2011.11.012     Document Type: Article

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