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Title: Filament formation and erasure in molybdenum oxide during resistive switching cycles

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4898773· OSTI ID:22310679
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  1. Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060–0814 (Japan)

In-situ filament observations were carried out on the Cu/MoO{sub x}/TiN resistive random access memory (ReRAM) by using transmission electron microscopy. Multiple positive and negative I-V cycles were investigated. Clear set-reset bipolar switch corresponding to the characteristics of conventional ReRAM devices was recognized. Filament grew from TiN to Cu in the set cycle and shrank from TiN to Cu in the reset cycle. However, there was no clear contrast change in the image at the switching moment, and thus, switching is thought to occur in a local region of the filament. When the current was large at reset, the filament shrank much, and its position tended to change.

OSTI ID:
22310679
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 105, Issue 17; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English