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Surfactant molecules make liquid phase exfoliated graphene a switching element for resistive random access memory applications

Authors: Sheena S. Sukumaran, K. B. Jinesh, K. G. Gopchandran

Published in: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics | Issue 11/2018

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Few-layer graphene sheets with less conductivity have been chemically exfoliated using dioctyl sulfosuccinate sodium salt as the surfactant. The resistive memory devices fabricated using these liquid-phase exfoliated graphene (LPEG) thin films exhibit reversible volatile memory characteristics. While single layer graphene is known for exhibiting volatile memory behaviour, LPEG opens up a chemical route for low-cost memory option with a low thermal budget compared to the chemical vapour deposited monolayer graphene. The LPEG memory devices show good data retention and reliable write-read-erase endurance over 300 cycles.

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Title: Surfactant molecules make liquid phase exfoliated graphene a switching element for resistive random access memory applications
Authors: Sheena S. Sukumaran
K. B. Jinesh
K. G. Gopchandran
Publication date: 04-04-2018
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics / Issue 11/2018
Print ISSN: 0957-4522
Electronic ISSN: 1573-482X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-018-9007-2

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