Ferroelectric tunnel junctions for information storage and processing

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Garcia, Vincent ^a   Bibes, Manuel ^a  

^a UNITÉ MIXTE DE PHYSIQUE CNRS THALES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MEMORY; PARAMETERIZATION; POLARIZATION;

COMPUTER MEMORY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FERROELECTRIC TUNNEL JUNCTION; FILM; INFORMATION STORAGE; MAGNETISM; PHASE TRANSITION; POLARIZATION; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 84904991683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5289     Document Type: Review

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