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Flexible memory device based on polymer ferroelectric with zinc oxide single-nanowire transistors for robust multilevel operation

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Abstract

jats:pWe demonstrate a flexible ferroelectric polymer-based memory with a zinc oxide (ZnO) single-nanowire transistor; its enhanced memory properties are attributed to the limited size of the semiconducting single-nanowire, which suppresses leakage currents caused by parasitic capacitance. Memory devices based on hybrid ferroelectric field-effect transistors (Fe-FETs) exhibit an outstanding data retention time, with an on/off ratio of ∼107 for 104 s along with a highly stable endurance for 100 cycles, without drain current degradation at a readout voltage of 0.1 V. Furthermore, these enhanced characteristics lead to a robust performance, overcoming the changes in the hysteresis window caused by flexoelectricity under bending stress; thus, the flexible-polymer Fe-FET with a ZnO single-nanowire channel shows a multilevel switching behavior with three different drain current states under bending conditions.</jats:p>

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40 Engineering, 4016 Materials Engineering, 4018 Nanotechnology, Neurosciences

Journal Title

Applied Physics Letters

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Journal ISSN

0003-6951
1077-3118

Volume Title

119

Publisher

AIP Publishing