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Making Plastic Remember: Electrically Rewritable Polymer Memory Devices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Dominic Prime  and
Shashi Paul
Dominic Prime
Affiliation:
[email protected], De Montfort University, Emerging Technologies, Hawthorn Building,, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH, United Kingdom
Shashi Paul
Affiliation:
[email protected], De Montfort University, Emerging Technologies Research Centre, Hawthorn Building,, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH, United Kingdom
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Abstract

Organic based electronic memory devices are currently receiving an unprecedented amount attention as possible alternatives for conventional semiconductor memories, due to their simple device structures, ease of fabrication, compatibility with flexible substrates and low cost. Polymer memory devices (PMDs) based on active layers containing gold nanoparticles (Q-Au) with 8-hydroxyquinoline (8HQ) will be presented in this report. Memory performance attributes will also be presented, which are less reported in the literature, but still essential for the realisation of viable organic memory technologies.

Keywords

memoryorganicpolymer
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 997: Symposium I – Materials and Processes for Nonvolatile Memories II , 2007 , 0997-I03-01
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2007

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