Making the internet of things possible with a new breed of ‘memristors’

Science Daily  January 10, 2018
Researchers in Finland have fabricated a new kind of ferroelectric tunnel junctions using organic hydro-carbon materials. The junctions work in low voltages of less than five volts and with a variety of electrode materials including silicon. They can retain data for more than 10 years without power and be manufactured in normal conditions. They can be made from the water or oxygen in the air and would reduce the amount of toxic heavy metal waste in electronics. They are working to integrate millions of tunnel junction memristors into a network on a one square centimetre area. The memristors could then perform complex tasks like image and pattern recognition and make decisions autonomously. They have abilities beyond existing technologies and bode well for energy-efficient and stable neuromorphic computing… read more. TECHNICAL ARTICLE

The tunnel junctions are on a thin film on the substrate plate. Credit: Tapio Reinekoski

 

 

 

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