Copper Nanofilament Formation during Unipolar Resistance Switching of Electrodeposited Cuprous Oxide

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 5974-5981

  Yazdanparast, Sanaz ^a   Koza, Jakub A ^b   Switzer, Jay A ^a,b  

^a University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

^b MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; GOLD; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDE FILMS; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; SINTERING; SWITCHING; TEMPERATURE; THIN FILMS;

ELECTRODEPOSITED FILMS; HIGH ELECTRIC FIELDS; HIGH-RESISTANCE STATE; LOW-RESISTANCE STATE; POOLE-FRENKEL EMISSION; RESISTANCE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY; RESISTANCE-TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENTS; UNIPOLAR RESISTANCE SWITCHING;

COPPER;

EID: 84941039208     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b02041     Document Type: Article

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