Highly Improved Uniformity in the Resistive Switching Parameters of TiO2 Thin Films by Inserting Ru Nanodots

Limiting the location where electron injection occurs at the cathode interface to a narrower region is the key factor for achieving a highly improved RS performance, which can be achieved by including Ru Nanodots. The development of a memory cell structure truly at the nanoscale with such a limiting factor for the electric-field distribution can solve the non-uniformity issue of future ReRAM.

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