Flexible non-volatile optical memory thin-film transistor device with over 256 distinct levels based on an organic bicomponent blend

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 769-775

  Leydecker, Tim ^a   Herder, Martin ^b   Pavlica, Egon ^c   Bratina, Gvido ^c   Hecht, Stefan ^b   Orgiu, Emanuele ^a   Samorì, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOVA GORICA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CIRCUITS; FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PLASTIC BOTTLES; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; THIN FILMS;

CURRENT LEVELS; ELECTRONIC APPLICATION; OPERATIONAL VOLTAGE; ORGANIC NANOMATERIALS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLYMER SEMICONDUCTORS; SMART NANODEVICES; THREE-TERMINAL DEVICES;

THIN FILM CIRCUITS;

DIARYLETHENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; POLY(3 HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYMER; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; GREEN LIGHT; INFORMATION STORAGE; IRRADIATION; LASER; LIGHT; LIGHT INTENSITY; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; OPTICAL STORAGE DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84975217843     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2016.87     Document Type: Article

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