High Performance Transparent Transistor Memory Devices Using Nano-Floating Gate of Polymer/ZnO Nanocomposites

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Shih, Chien Chung ^a   Lee, Wen Ya ^b   Chiu, Yu Cheng ^a   Hsu, Han Wen ^c   Chang, Hsuan Chun ^a   Liu, Cheng Liang ^c   Chen, Wen Chang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84956608213     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep20129     Document Type: Article

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