Chemically-inactive interfaces in thin film Ag/AgI systems for resistive switching memories

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Cho, Deok Yong ^a   Tappertzhofen, Stefan ^a   Waser, Rainer ^a,b   Valov, Ilia ^a,b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

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EID: 84876698517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01169     Document Type: Article

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