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Title: Spectromicroscopy of tantalum oxide memristors.

Journal Article · · Appl. Phys. Lett.
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3599589· OSTI ID:1019251

We report experiments to measure material changes in tantalum oxide-based memristive devices. The high endurance and low power demonstrated in this material system suggests a unique mechanism for the switching, which we investigated using x-ray based spectromicroscopy and nanospectroscopy. Our study nondestructively identified a localized (<150nm diameter) Ta-rich phase surrounded by nano- or polycrystalline Ta{sub 2}O{sub 5}.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1019251
Report Number(s):
ANL/CNM/JA-70010; TRN: US201114%%721
Journal Information:
Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol. 98, Issue 24 ; Jun. 13, 2011
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH