Jens Martin
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Title: Robust resistive memory devices based on solution processable metal co-ordinated azo-aromatics
Biography
Biography: Jens Martin
Abstract
Resistive memory devices can be broadly defined as electrical switches that retain a state of internal resistance based on the history of applied voltage. Such devices hold several performance characteristics that can potentially exceed conventional integrated circuit technology and are projected as the building blocks in next generation of computing architectures. Organic resistive memories suffer from insufficient consistency, stability, endurance and lack of understanding of the operating device mechanisms. These difficulties need to be overcome to furnish a good candidate for commercial applications. Here we describe a reproducible, stable and endurable resistive memory device with a spin-coated active layer of transition metal complex contacted with electrodes, prepared by standard methods. Insight into the in operando molecular properties of the device is obtained via in situ Raman-spectroscopy in conjunction with UV-VIS spectroscopy and spectro-electrochemistry allowing us to determine the molecular structure at each conductance state and thus the mechanism of switching. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations support our experimental findings and provide further insights into the switching mechanism of the devices at the molecular level. This insight provides opportunities for ligand engineering and we demonstrate rewritable resistive memory devices with multistate memory functionality.