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Physical electronics

Memristor effect on bundles of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes tested by scanning tunnel microscopy

O. A. Ageev, Yu. F. Blinov, O. I. Il'in, A. S. Kolomiytsev, B. G. Konoplev, M. V. Rubashkina, V. A. Smirnov, A. A. Fedotov

Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don

Abstract: We report on the results of experimental study of an array of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VA CNTs) by scanning tunnel microscopy (STM). It is shown that upon the application of an external electric field to the STM probe/VA CNT system, individual VA CNTs are combined into bundles whose diameter depends on the radius of the tip of the STM probe. The memristor effect in VA CNTs is detected. For the VA CNT array under investigation, the resistivity ratio in the low- and high-resistance states at a voltage of 180 mV is 28. The results can be used in the development of structures and technological processes for designing nanoelectronics devices based on VA CNT arrays, including elements of ultrahigh-access memory cells for vacuum microelectronics devices.

Received: 27.02.2013

 English version: Technical Physics, 2013, 58:12, 1831–1836

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