2020 journal article

An interface-controlled Mott memristor in alpha-RuCl3

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 116(18).

co-author countries: United States of America 🇺🇸
Source: Web Of Science
Added: May 26, 2020

Memristor devices have history-dependent charge transport properties that are ideal for neuromorphic computing applications. We reveal a memristor material and mechanism in the layered Mott insulator α-RuCl3. The pinched hysteresis loops and S-shaped negative differential resistance in bulk crystals verify memristor behavior and are attributed to a nonlinear coupling between charge injection over a Schottky barrier at the electrical contacts and concurrent Joule heating. Direct simulations of this coupling can reproduce the device characteristics.