With the advent of the“Big Data Era”,improving data storage density and computation speed has become more and more urgent due to the rapid growth in different types of data.Flash memory with a floating gate(FG)struc...With the advent of the“Big Data Era”,improving data storage density and computation speed has become more and more urgent due to the rapid growth in different types of data.Flash memory with a floating gate(FG)structure is attracting great attention owing to its advantages of miniaturization,low power consumption and reli-able data storage,which is very effective in solving the problems of large data capacity and high integration density.Meanwhile,the FG memory with charge storage principle can simulate synaptic plasticity perfectly,breaking the traditional von Neumann computing ar-chitecture and can be used as an artificial synapse for neuromorphic computations inspired by the human brain.Among many candidate materials for manufacturing devices,van der Waals(vdW)materials have attracted widespread attention due to their atomic thickness,high mobility,and sustainable miniaturization properties.Owing to the arbitrary stacking ability,vdW heterostructure combines rich physics and potential 3D integration,opening up various possibilities for new functional integrated devices with low power consumption and flexible applications.This paper provides a comprehensive review of memory devices based on vdW materials with FG structure,including the working principles and typical structures of FG structure devices,with a focus on the introduction of various highperformance FG memories and their versatile applications in neuro-morphic computing.Finally,the challenges of neuromorphic devices based on FG structures are also discussed.This review will shed light on the design and fabrication of vdW material-based memory devices with FG engineering,helping to promote the development of practical and promising neuromorphic computing.展开更多
Near-equiatomic NiTi shape memory alloys are known to exhibit Lüders-type deformation associated with a stress-induced transformation.Many studies have been conducted in the past mainly focusing on the macroscopi...Near-equiatomic NiTi shape memory alloys are known to exhibit Lüders-type deformation associated with a stress-induced transformation.Many studies have been conducted in the past mainly focusing on the macroscopic characteristics of the phenomenon and some theories have been proposed in the literature to explain its mechanisms,but some aspects of this phenomenon are still unclear,particularly at the microscopic scale.This study investigated the local strain evolution during the initiation and propagation of Lüders band in a pseudoelastic NiTi alloy during tensile deformation by means of digital image correlation(DIC)analysis.Based on the evidence collected,distinct stages of Lüders band formation and propagation are defined and the corresponding local strain rates are obtained.These local strain rates are much higher than the global strain rate of the testing,giving insight to the mechanism of this phenomenon.展开更多
Two-dimensional(2D)van der Waals heterostructure(vdWH)-based floating gate devices show great potential for next-generation nonvolatile and multilevel data storage memory.However,high program voltage induced substanti...Two-dimensional(2D)van der Waals heterostructure(vdWH)-based floating gate devices show great potential for next-generation nonvolatile and multilevel data storage memory.However,high program voltage induced substantial energy consumption,which is one of the primary concerns,hinders their applications in lowenergy-consumption artificial synapses for neuromorphic computing.In this study,we demonstrate a three-terminal floating gate device based on the vdWH of tin disulfide(SnS2),hexagonal boron nitride(h-BN),and few-layer graphene.The large electron affinity of SnS2 facilitates a significant reduction in the program voltage of the device by lowering the hole-injection barrier across h-BN.Our floating gate device,as a nonvolatile multilevel electronic memory,exhibits large on/off current ratio(105),good retention(over 104 s),and robust endurance(over 1000 cycles).Moreover,it can function as an artificial synapse to emulate basic synaptic functions.Further,low energy consumption down to7 picojoule(pJ)can be achieved owing to the small program voltage.High linearity(<1)and conductance ratio(80)in long-term potentiation and depression(LTP/LTD)further contribute to the high pattern recognition accuracy(90%)in artificial neural network simulation.The proposed device with attentive band engineering can promote the future development of energy-efficient memory and neuromorphic devices.展开更多
Controlling the polar order in ferroelectric materials may enrich the diversity of their property and functionality,offering new opportunities for the design of novel electronic and optoelectronic devices.In this pape...Controlling the polar order in ferroelectric materials may enrich the diversity of their property and functionality,offering new opportunities for the design of novel electronic and optoelectronic devices.In this paper,we report a planar multi-state memory device built upon a twodimensional(2D)van der Waals layered ferroelectric material,2Hα-In_(2)Se_(3).Three(high,median and low)resistance states are demonstrated to be interconvertible in this device with a fast switching speed,excellent endurance and retention performances via the modulation of the polar order of the ferroelectricα-In_(2)Se_(3) layers under an in-plane electric field.Remarkably,reversible switching between the median-resistance state and the low-resistance state can be achieved by an ultralow electric field of 1-2 orders of magnitude smaller than the reported values in other 2D ferroelectric materialbased memory devices.Furthermore,the three different polar order states are discovered to exhibit distinctive photoresponses.These results demonstrate great potentials ofα-In_(2)Se_(3)in nonvolatile high-density memory and advanced optoelectronic device applications.展开更多
基金supported by Beijing Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.Z210006)the National Key Research and Develop-ment Program of China(Grant No.2022YFA1405600)the National Nat-ural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.12104051).
文摘With the advent of the“Big Data Era”,improving data storage density and computation speed has become more and more urgent due to the rapid growth in different types of data.Flash memory with a floating gate(FG)structure is attracting great attention owing to its advantages of miniaturization,low power consumption and reli-able data storage,which is very effective in solving the problems of large data capacity and high integration density.Meanwhile,the FG memory with charge storage principle can simulate synaptic plasticity perfectly,breaking the traditional von Neumann computing ar-chitecture and can be used as an artificial synapse for neuromorphic computations inspired by the human brain.Among many candidate materials for manufacturing devices,van der Waals(vdW)materials have attracted widespread attention due to their atomic thickness,high mobility,and sustainable miniaturization properties.Owing to the arbitrary stacking ability,vdW heterostructure combines rich physics and potential 3D integration,opening up various possibilities for new functional integrated devices with low power consumption and flexible applications.This paper provides a comprehensive review of memory devices based on vdW materials with FG structure,including the working principles and typical structures of FG structure devices,with a focus on the introduction of various highperformance FG memories and their versatile applications in neuro-morphic computing.Finally,the challenges of neuromorphic devices based on FG structures are also discussed.This review will shed light on the design and fabrication of vdW material-based memory devices with FG engineering,helping to promote the development of practical and promising neuromorphic computing.
基金financial support from the Australian Research Council in grants DP180101744 and DP180101955support from the US National Science Foundation under Grant DMR-1923929。
文摘Near-equiatomic NiTi shape memory alloys are known to exhibit Lüders-type deformation associated with a stress-induced transformation.Many studies have been conducted in the past mainly focusing on the macroscopic characteristics of the phenomenon and some theories have been proposed in the literature to explain its mechanisms,but some aspects of this phenomenon are still unclear,particularly at the microscopic scale.This study investigated the local strain evolution during the initiation and propagation of Lüders band in a pseudoelastic NiTi alloy during tensile deformation by means of digital image correlation(DIC)analysis.Based on the evidence collected,distinct stages of Lüders band formation and propagation are defined and the corresponding local strain rates are obtained.These local strain rates are much higher than the global strain rate of the testing,giving insight to the mechanism of this phenomenon.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China,Grant/Award Numbers:U2032147,21872100Singapore MOE Grant,Grant/Award Number:MOE-2019-T2-1-002the Science and Engineering Research Council of A*STAR(Agency for Science,Technology and Research)Singapore,Grant/Award Number:A20G9b0135。
文摘Two-dimensional(2D)van der Waals heterostructure(vdWH)-based floating gate devices show great potential for next-generation nonvolatile and multilevel data storage memory.However,high program voltage induced substantial energy consumption,which is one of the primary concerns,hinders their applications in lowenergy-consumption artificial synapses for neuromorphic computing.In this study,we demonstrate a three-terminal floating gate device based on the vdWH of tin disulfide(SnS2),hexagonal boron nitride(h-BN),and few-layer graphene.The large electron affinity of SnS2 facilitates a significant reduction in the program voltage of the device by lowering the hole-injection barrier across h-BN.Our floating gate device,as a nonvolatile multilevel electronic memory,exhibits large on/off current ratio(105),good retention(over 104 s),and robust endurance(over 1000 cycles).Moreover,it can function as an artificial synapse to emulate basic synaptic functions.Further,low energy consumption down to7 picojoule(pJ)can be achieved owing to the small program voltage.High linearity(<1)and conductance ratio(80)in long-term potentiation and depression(LTP/LTD)further contribute to the high pattern recognition accuracy(90%)in artificial neural network simulation.The proposed device with attentive band engineering can promote the future development of energy-efficient memory and neuromorphic devices.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(12174237,61904099,52002232 and 51871137)the Graduate Science and Technology Innovation Project of Shanxi Normal University(01053013)。
文摘Controlling the polar order in ferroelectric materials may enrich the diversity of their property and functionality,offering new opportunities for the design of novel electronic and optoelectronic devices.In this paper,we report a planar multi-state memory device built upon a twodimensional(2D)van der Waals layered ferroelectric material,2Hα-In_(2)Se_(3).Three(high,median and low)resistance states are demonstrated to be interconvertible in this device with a fast switching speed,excellent endurance and retention performances via the modulation of the polar order of the ferroelectricα-In_(2)Se_(3) layers under an in-plane electric field.Remarkably,reversible switching between the median-resistance state and the low-resistance state can be achieved by an ultralow electric field of 1-2 orders of magnitude smaller than the reported values in other 2D ferroelectric materialbased memory devices.Furthermore,the three different polar order states are discovered to exhibit distinctive photoresponses.These results demonstrate great potentials ofα-In_(2)Se_(3)in nonvolatile high-density memory and advanced optoelectronic device applications.