Making plastic remember: electrically rewritable polymer memory devices.

Organic based electronic memory devices are currently receiving an unprecedented amount attention as possible alternatives for conventional semiconductor memories, due to their simple device structures, ease of fabrication, compatibility with flexible substrates and low cost. Polymer memory devices (PMDs) based on active layers containing gold nanoparticles (Q-Au) with 8-hydroxyquinoline (8HQ) will be presented in this report. Memory performance attributes will also be presented, which are less reported in the literature, but still essential for the realisation of viable organic memory technologies.The first author would like to thank the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EPSRC and the National Physical Laboratory NPL for the financial support received for his studentship. The second author would like to thank EPSRC for the financial support Grant No. EP/ E047785/1