Thin Solid Films, Vol.519, No.2, 587-590, 2010
Electronic polymer memory devices-Easy to fabricate, difficult to understand
There has been a number reports on polymer memory devices for the last one decade Polymer memory devices are fabricated by depositing a blend (an admixture of organic polymer small organic molecules and nanoparticles) between two metal electrodes These devices show two electrical conductance states ("1" and "0") when voltage is applied thus rendering the structures suitable for data retention These two states can be viewed as the realisation of memory devices However polymer memory devices reported so far suffer from multiple drawbacks that render their industrial implementation premature There is a large discrepancy in the results reported by different groups This article attempts to answer some of the questions (C) 2010 Elsevier B V All rights reserved
Keywords:Polymer memory devices;Charging mechanism;Small molecules based memory devices;Plastic electronic memory devices