title: Programmable resistance switching in nanoscale two-terminal devices.
abstract: We show that in nanoscale two-terminal resistive switches the resistance switching can be dominated by the formation of a single conductive filament. The probabilistic filament formation process strongly affects the device operation principle, and can be programmed to facilitate new functionalities such as multibit switching with partially formed filaments. In addition, the nanoscale switches exhibit excellent performance metrics making them well suited for memory or logic operations using conventional or emerging hybrid nano/CMOS architectures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
authors.forename: Sung Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Jo
authors.forename: Kuk-Hwan
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D017097:Electric Impedance; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008839:Microelectrodes; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*