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Multilevel memory based on molecular devices

Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 1949 (2004); doi:10.1063/1.1667615

Issue Date: 15 March 2004

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Chao Li, Wendy Fan, Bo Lei, Daihua Zhang, Song Han, Tao Tang, Xiaolei Liu, Zuqin Liu, Sylvia Asano, Meyya Meyyappan, Jie Han, and Chongwu Zhou
Department of E.E.-Electrophysics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
Center for Nanotechnology, MS 229-1, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035

Multilevel molecular memory devices were proposed and demonstrated for nonvolatile data storage up to three bits (eight levels) per cell, in contrast to the standard one-bit-per-cell (two levels) technology. In the demonstration, charges were precisely placed at up to eight discrete levels in redox active molecules self-assembled on single-crystal semiconducting nanowire field-effect transistors. Gate voltage pulses and current sensing were used for writing and reading operations, respectively. Charge storage stability was tested up to retention of 600 h, as compared to the longest retention of a few hours previously reported for one-bit-per-cell molecular memories. ©2004 American Institute of Physics.
History: Received 8 October 2003; accepted 14 January 2004
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KEYWORDS and PACS

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PACS
  • 81.07.Nb
    Molecular nanostructures: fabrication and characterization
  • 81.16.Dn
    Self-assembly in nanofabrication and processing
  • 85.30.Tv
    Semiconductor field effect devices
  • YEAR: 2004

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