Multilevel nonvolatile transistor memories using a star-shaped poly((4-diphenylamino)benzyl methacrylate) gate electret

NPG Asia Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Chiu, Yu Cheng ^a   Liu, Cheng Liang ^b   Lee, Wen Ya ^a   Chen, Yougen ^c   Kakuchi, Toyoji ^c   Chen, Wen Chang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electret; Memory; Nonvolatile; Star shaped polymer; Transistor

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC CHARGES; HIGH DENSITY DATA STORAGE; N-TYPE SEMICONDUCTORS; NON-VOLATILE; OPERATING MECHANISM; ORGANIC TRANSISTOR; SEMICONDUCTOR LAYERS; STAR-SHAPED POLYMER;

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; TRANSISTORS;

ELECTRETS;

EID: 84878820800     PISSN: 18844049     EISSN: 18844057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/am.2012.64     Document Type: Article

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