Organic nonvolatile memory transistors with self-doped polymer energy well structures

NPG Asia Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Nam, Sungho ^a   Ko, Yong Gi ^b   Hahm, Suk Gyu ^b   Park, Soohyeong ^a   Seo, Jooyeok ^a   Lee, Hyena ^a   Kim, Hwajeong ^a   Ree, Moonhor ^b   Kim, Youngkyoo ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Energy well; Organic nonvolatile memory; Self doped poly(o anthranilic acid); Silver electrode; transistor

Indexed keywords

ENERGY WELLS; HIGH DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; ORGANIC FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR (OFETS); ORGANIC NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES; ORGANIC NONVOLATILE MEMORY; RETENTION CHARACTERISTICS; SELF-DOPED; SILVER ELECTRODE;

CHARGE CARRIERS; NONVOLATILE STORAGE; ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84878890946     PISSN: 18844049     EISSN: 18844057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/am.2012.62     Document Type: Article

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