Charge Storage in Pentacene/Polymethylmethacrylate Memory Devices

Mabrook, MF; Yun, YJ; Pearson, C; Zeze, DA; Petty, MC

Abstract

The electrical behavior of organic metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) structures incorporating a layer of self-assembled metallic nanoparticles is described. These have been based on thermally evaporated pentacene (semiconductor) and spin-coated polymethylmethacrylate (insulator). The MIS devices containing the nanoparticles exhibited significant hysteresis in their capacitance-versus-voltage and conductance-versus-voltage characteristics, which was attributed to the charging and discharging of the nanoparticles. The memory structure reported here offers a useful advance in the development of flexible organic memory structures.

Citation

Mabrook, M., Yun, Y., Pearson, C., Zeze, D., & Petty, M. (2009). Charge Storage in Pentacene/Polymethylmethacrylate Memory Devices. IEEE Electron Device Letters, 30(6), 632-634. https://doi.org/10.1109/led.2009.2018128

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2009-06
• Journal: IEEE Electron Device Letters
• Print ISSN: 0741-3106
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 30
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 632-634
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/led.2009.2018128