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卷 12, 期 11, 页码 5455-5463出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/nl302911k
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Ultrahigh density memory; ferroelectric films; single-digit nanometer inverted domains; probe-based storage
The emergence of new technologies, such as whole genome sequencing systems, which generate a large amount of data, is requiring ultrahigh storage capacities. Due to their compactness and low power consumption, probe-based memory devices using Pb(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O-3 (PZT). ferroelectric films are the ideal candidate for such applications where portability is desired. To achieve ultrahigh (>1 Tbit/in(2)) storage densities, sub 10 nm inverted domains are required. However, such domains remain unstable and can invert back to their original polarization due to the effects of an antiparallel built-in electric field in the PZT film, domain wall, and depolarization energies. Here, we show that the built-in electric field can be tuned and suppressed by repetitive hydrogen and oxygen plasma treatments. Such treatments trigger reversible Pb reduction/oxidation activity, which alters the electrochemistry of the Pb overlayer and compensates for charges induced by the Pb vacancies. This tuning mechanism is used to demonstrate the writing of stable and equal size sub-4 nm domains in both up- and down-polarized PZT films, corresponding to eight inverted unit-cells. The bit sizes recorded here are the smallest ever achieved, which correspond to potential 60 Tbit/in(2). data storage densities.
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