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Transition-metal oxide films, demonstrating the effects of both threshold and nonvolatile memory resistive switching, have been recently proposed as candidate materials for storage-class memory. In this work we describe some experimental…

Memristors are among the most promising elements for modern microelectronics, having unique properties such as quasi-continuous change of conductance and long-term storage of resistive states. However, identifying the physical mechanisms of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-05-25 Oleg G. Kharlanov , Boris S. Shvetsov , Vladimir V. Rylkov , Anton A. Minnekhanov

Memristive switching serves as the basis for a new generation of electronic devices. Memristors are two-terminal devices in which the current is turned on and off by redistributing point defects, e.g., vacancies, which is difficult to…

In the era of big data and the Internet of Things, quantum-level control of conductance states offers a promising route toward high-density data storage and brain-inspired neuromorphic computing. Although quantum conductance (QC) phenomena…

This research explores the characteristics of two CMOS-compatible RRAM cells utilizing silicon nitride as the switching material. By employing SET/RESET pulse sequences, the study successfully attains four distinct and stable resistance…

Memristive devices whose resistance can be hysteretically switched by electric field or current are intensely pursued both for fundamental interest as well as potential applications in neuromorphic computing and phase-change memory. When…

Molecular devices, as future electronics, seek low-resistivity contacts for the energy saving. At the same time, the contacts should intensify desired properties of tailored electronic elements. In this work, we focus our attention on two…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-02 Malgorzata Wierzbowska , Michal F. Rode , Mikolaj Sadek , Andrzej L. Sobolewski

In this work, we investigate the behavior of Al2O3/TiO2-x cross-point memristors in cryogenic environment. We report successful resistive switching of memristor devices from 300 K down to 1.5 K. The I-V curves exhibit negative differential…

We have measured the transition process from the high to low resistivity states, i.e., the reset process of resistive switching based memristors based on Ni/HfO2/Si-n+ structures, and have also developed an analytical model for their…

Functional oxides based resistive memories are recognized as potential candidate for the next-generation high density data storage and neuromorphic applications. Fundamental understanding of the compositional changes in the functional…

The great potential of memristive devices for real-world applications still relies on overcoming key technical challenges, including the need for a larger number of stable resistance states, faster switching speeds, lower SET/RESET…

Continued progress in high speed computing depends on breakthroughs in both materials synthesis and device architectures. The performance of logic and memory can be enhanced significantly by introducing a memristor, a two terminal device…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-04-08 V. K. Sangwan , D. Jariwala , I. S. Kim , K. -S. Chen , T. J. Marks , L. J. Lauhon , M. C. Hersam

Highly efficient oxygen active materials that react with, absorb, and transport oxygen is essential for fuel cells, electrolyzers and related applications. While vacancy mediated oxygen ion conductors have long been the focus of research,…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-07-08 Jun Meng

Memristive circuit elements constitute a cornerstone for novel electronic applications, such as neuromorphic computing, called to revolutionize information technologies. By definition, memristors are sensitive to the history of electrical…

Electrically driven insulator-metal transitions in prototypical quantum materials such as VO2 offer a foundational platform for designing novel solid-state devices. Tuning the V: O stoichiometry offers a vast electronic phase space with…

The highly non-linear switching behavior of hafnia memristor actually hinders its wide application in neuromorphic computing. Theoretical understanding into its switching mechanism has been focused on the processes of conductive filament…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-09-17 Li-Heng Li , Kan-Hao Xue , Jun-Hui Yuan , Ge-Qi Mao , Xiangshui Miao

The resistance state of filamentary memristors can be tuned by relocating only a few atoms at interatomic distances in the active region of a conducting filament. Thereby the technology holds promise not only in its ultimate downscaling…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-06-08 Miklós Csontos , Yannik Horst , Nadia Jimenez Olalla , Ueli Koch , Ivan Shorubalko , András Halbritter , Juerg Leuthold

Low temperature growth Pr0.7Ca0.3MnO3 (PCMO) thin film showed high performance in electric field induced resistance switching (RS). To understand the micro-mechanism of RS in Metal/PCMO/Metal devices, structure evolution of PCMO under…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-07-17 Zhaoliang Liao , Peng Gao , Xuedong Bai , Dongmin Chen

In this work, we investigate the underlying physical mechanism for electric-field induced resistive switching in Au/MoS2/Au based memristive devices by combining reactive Molecular Dynamics (MD) and ab-initio quantum transport calculations.…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-01-01 Ashutosh Krishna Amaram , Saurabh Kharwar , Tarun Kumar Agarwal

Lithographically fabricated MoS2 field effect transistors suffer from several critical imperfections, including low sub-threshold swings, large turn-on gate voltages (VT), and wide device-to-device variability. The large magnitude and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-11-22 Rohan Dhall , Zhen Li , Ewa Kosmowska , Stephen B. Cronin