Issue 48, 2016

Resonant tunneling based graphene quantum dot memristors

Abstract

In this paper, we model two-terminal all graphene quantum dot (GQD) based resistor-type memory devices (memristors). The resistive switching is achieved by resonant electron tunneling. We show that parallel GQDs can be used to create multi-state memory circuits. The number of states can be optimised with additional voltage sources, whilst the noise margin for each state can be controlled by appropriately choosing the branch resistance. A three-terminal GQD device configuration is also studied. The addition of an isolated gate terminal can be used to add further or modify the states of the memory device. The proposed devices provide a promising route towards volatile memory devices utilizing only atomically thin two-dimensional graphene.

Graphical abstract: Resonant tunneling based graphene quantum dot memristors

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
11 Oct 2016
Accepted
22 Nov 2016
First published
23 Nov 2016

Nanoscale, 2016,8, 20074-20079

Resonant tunneling based graphene quantum dot memristors

X. Pan and E. Skafidas, Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 20074 DOI: 10.1039/C6NR07969E

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