Detection of charge storage on molecular thin films of tris(8- hydroxyquinoline) aluminum (Alq 3) by Kelvin force microscopy: A candidate system for high storage capacity memory cells

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1260-1264

  Paydavosi, Sarah ^a,b   Aidala, Katherine E ^c   Brown, Patrick R ^a   Hashemi, Pouya ^b   Supran, Geoffrey J ^a   Osedach, Timothy P ^a,b   Hoyt, Judy L ^b   Bulović, Vladimir ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alq 3tris(8 hydroxyquinoline) aluminum; charge storage; Flash memory; Kelvin force microscopy; molecules; nonvolatile; organic

Indexed keywords

CHARGE STORAGE; KELVIN FORCE MICROSCOPY; NON-VOLATILE; ORGANIC; TRIS(8-HYDROXYQUINOLINE) ALUMINUM;

ALUMINUM; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FLASH MEMORY; MOLECULES; SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE; THIN FILMS;

CONDUCTIVE FILMS;

NANOMATERIAL; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; TRIS (8 HYDROXYQUINOLINE)ALUMINUM; TRIS-(8-HYDROXYQUINOLINE)ALUMINUM;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DATA STORAGE DEVICE; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER STORAGE DEVICES; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE SIZE; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84858236080     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl203696v     Document Type: Article

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