title: A low voltage programmable unipolar inverter with a gold nanoparticle monolayer on plastic.
abstract: A programmable low voltage unipolar inverter with saturated-load configuration has been demonstrated on a plastic substrate. A self-assembled monolayer of gold (Au) nanoparticles was inserted into the dielectric layer acting as a charge trapping layer. The inverter operated well with supply voltages of < - 5 V and the switching voltage was tuned in a wide range under low program/erase bias. The retention and endurance test at ambient conditions confirmed the reliability of the inverter. Furthermore, the programmable behavior was maintained well at various bending states, demonstrating the adequate flexibility of our devices.
authors.affiliation: Centre of Super-Diamond and Advanced Films-COSDAF and Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR.
authors.forename: Ye
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Su-Ting
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Long-Biao
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: V A L
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Roy