Drop-coated titanium dioxide memristors

Ella Gale*, Richard Mayne, Andrew Adamatzky, Ben De Lacy Costello

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The fabrication of memristors by drop-coating sol-gel Ti(OH)4 solution onto either aluminium foil or sputter-coated aluminium on plastic is presented. The gel layer is thick, 37 μm, but both devices exhibit good memristance I-V profiles. The drop coated aluminium foil memristors compare favourably with the sputter-coated ones, demonstrating an expansion in the accessibility of memristor fabrication. A comparison between aluminium and gold for use as the sputter-coated electrodes shows that aluminium is the better choice as using gold leads to device failure. The devices do not require a forming step.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)524-529
Number of pages6
JournalMaterials Chemistry and Physics
Volume143
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jan 2014

Keywords

  • Amorphous materials
  • Electrical properties
  • Electronic materials
  • Hysteresis
  • Semiconductors
  • Sol-gel growth

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