Nonvolatile multilevel data storage memory device from controlled ambipolar charge trapping mechanism

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhou, Ye ^a   Han, Su Ting ^a   Sonar, Prashant ^b   Roy, V A L ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DATA STORAGE DEVICE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTOR; STATIC ELECTRICITY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES;

COMPUTER STORAGE DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTORS; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84881347486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02319     Document Type: Article

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