title: Nonvolatile unipolar and bipolar bistable memory characteristics of a high temperature polyimide bearing diphenylaminobenzylidenylimine moieties.
abstract: This study reports the synthesis and properties (in particular, the electrical switching characteristics) of a new high-performance polyimide (PI), poly(3,3'-di(4-(diphenylamino)benzylidenyliminoethoxy)-4,4'-biphenylene hexafluoroisopropylidenediphthalimide) (6F-HAB-TPAIE PI). This PI polymer bears diphenylaminobenzylidenylimine moieties as side groups and is dimensionally stable up to 280 degrees C and thermally stable up to 440 degrees C. In devices fabricated with the PI polymer as an active memory layer, the active PI polymer was found to operate at less than +/-2 V in electrically bistable unipolar and bipolar switching modes by controlling the compliance current. The PI polymer layer exhibits repeatable writing-reading-erasing capability with high reliability in ambient air conditions as well as at high temperatures up to 130 degrees C. This PI polymer also exhibits a high ON/OFF current ratio up to 10(9). The observed nonvolatile memory behaviors are due to Schottky emission and local filament formation. This study has demonstrated that this thermally, dimensionally stable PI polymer is a promising material for mass production at low cost for high-performance, programmable, nonvolatile memory devices that can be operated with low power consumption in unipolar and bipolar switching modes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, National Research Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis and Physics, BK School of Molecular Science, Division of Advanced Materials Science, and Polymer Research Institute, Pohang University of Science & Technology, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Kyungtae
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Samdae
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Suk Gyu
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Hahm
authors.forename: Taek Joon
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Dong Min
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jin Chul
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Wonsang
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authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Yong-Gi
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authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Moonhor
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authors.lastname: Ree