Thermophoresis/diffusion as a plausible mechanism for unipolar resistive switching in metal-oxide-metal memristors

Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 509-518

  Strukov, Dmitri B ^a   Alibart, Fabien ^a   Stanley Williams, R ^b  

^a Santa Barbara   (United States)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING CHANNELS; ELECTRONIC CURRENT; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; MEMRISTOR; PLAUSIBLE MECHANISMS; RADIAL DIFFUSION; RESISTANCE SWITCHING; RESISTIVE SWITCHING; SET OPERATION; SORET EFFECTS; STEEP TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TIO;

MEMRISTORS; RESISTORS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

PASSIVE FILTERS;

EID: 84861577228     PISSN: 09478396     EISSN: 14320630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00339-012-6902-x     Document Type: Article

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