Metal-free, single-polymer device exhibits resistive memory effect

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 10518-10524

  Bhansali, Unnat S ^a   Khan, Mohd A ^a   Cha, Dongkyu ^a   Almadhoun, Mahmoud N ^b   Li, Ruipeng ^a   Chen, Long ^a   Amassian, Aram ^a   Odeh, Ihab N ^b   Alshareef, Husam N ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

flexible substrates; metal filament; PEDOT:PSS; polymer electrodes; resistive memory; solution process

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; METAL FILAMENTS; PEDOT:PSS; POLYMER ELECTRODES; RESISTIVE MEMORY; SOLUTION PROCESS;

ELECTRODES; INTERFACE STATES; METALS; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 84891368541     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn403873c     Document Type: Article

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