Document Type

Article

Original Publication Date

2011

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Applied Physics Letters

Volume

99

DOI of Original Publication

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3625426

Date of Submission

March 2018

Abstract

Charge storage characteristics of ultra-small Pt nanoparticle embedded devices were characterized by capacitance-voltage measurements. A unique tilt target sputtering configuration was employed to produce highly homogenous nanoparticle arrays. Pt nanoparticle devices with sizes ranging from ∼0.7 to 1.34 nm and particle densities of ∼3.3–5.9 × 1012 cm−2 were embedded between atomic layer deposited and e-beam evaporated tunneling and blocking Al2O3 layers. These GaAs-based non-volatile memory devices demonstrate maximum memory windows equivalent to 6.5 V. Retention characteristics show that over 80% charged electrons were retained after 105 s, which is promising for device applications.

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VCU Electrical and Computer Engineering Publications

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