Flexible nano-memory device by zinc oxide nanorod arrays

dc.contributorGupta, Subhadra
dc.contributorLi, Lin
dc.contributorWang, Jialai
dc.contributorSimien, Daneesh
dc.contributor.advisorSong, Jinhui
dc.contributor.authorTang, Chaolong
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-26T14:26:51Z
dc.date.available2017-04-26T14:26:51Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
dc.description.abstractMemory is one of the key techniques for information technology. It is highly desired to have memory device with flexible characteristic for special applications. The challenges for archiving flexible memory are not only restrained by current materials but also existing memory mechanism, while nanomaterials exhibit size dependent properties that are different from their bulk form, discovering in new materials and architectures design as well as novel working principle provides an alternative approach to meet the objectives. In this dissertation, a comprehensive study on developing flexible nano-memory device from fundamental semiconducting nanomaterial to device’s architecture design and performance is presented. With the strong basis support, the as-fabricated flexible nano-memory device exhibits extraordinary memory characteristics and excellent flexibility. First, controllable synthesis of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorod/nanowire (NR/NW) is the prerequisite to provide desired nanomaterials and nanostructures, the effect from substrate roughness is the key to grow well-aligned three-dimensional (3D) ZnO nanostructures for fabricating patterned nano-memory. Second, because the performance of device is closely related to the material’s property, electrical property of one-dimensional (1D) ZnO nanomaterial by experimental and theoretical approaches have been characterized. The results reveal that the electrical resistance has nonlinear length dependence in the single crystal ZnO microbelt/nanobelt (MB/NB), which is significantly different with the bulk counterpart. Finite element simulation can identify the crystallography of the anisotropic semiconducting nanomaterial. Third, when nanomaterials with a height-diameter ratio in-between zero-dimensional (0D) and 1D, its photoelectric properties will not follow the traditional Ohm’s law because of the additional nanoconfinement from the third dimension. Photoelectric property change in half-dimensional (0.5D) ZnO nanomaterials as a function of illumination light intensity and materials geometry has been systematically studied. A new proposed model could more accurately predict the photoelectric characteristics of 0.5D semiconducting nanomaterials. Last, based on fundamental synthesis and properties characterization above, a new flexible nano-memory device based on ZnO NW arrays is fabricated. Benefited from 3D nanostructures and the unique polar charges screening effect induced electric hysteresis loop memory mechanism, the nano-memory device has outstanding performances in unit down to nanoscale, operation speed up to gigahertz, as well as excellent flexibility.en_US
dc.format.extent104 p.
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.otheru0015_0000001_0002435
dc.identifier.otherTang_alatus_0004D_12744
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/3116
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Alabama Libraries
dc.relation.hasversionborn digital
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Electronic Theses and Dissertations
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections
dc.rightsAll rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.en_US
dc.subjectMaterials science
dc.subjectNanoscience
dc.subjectNanotechnology
dc.titleFlexible nano-memory device by zinc oxide nanorod arraysen_US
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etdms.degree.departmentUniversity of Alabama. Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
etdms.degree.disciplineMetallurgical/Materials Engineering
etdms.degree.grantorThe University of Alabama
etdms.degree.leveldoctoral
etdms.degree.namePh.D.
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