Battery-Inspired, Nonvolatile, and Rewritable Memory Architecture:  a Radical Polymer-Based Organic Device

Yasunori Yonekuta, Kentaro Susuki, Kenichi Oyaizu, Kenji Honda, Hiroyuki Nishide

Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2007 · 167 citations · 20 references

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Abstract

A nonvolatile, bistable, and rewritable organic memory device based on radical polymers was prepared and tested. The excellent performance of a battery-inspired memory architecture with a configuration of p- and n-type charge-transporting radical polymers sandwiching a dielectric layer was characterized. The ON−OFF ratio was more than 4 orders of magnitude, and retention and endurance cycles of more than 104 and 103, respectively, were accomplished.

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