GeTe-filled carbon nanotubes for data storage applications

Giusca, CE, Stolojan, V, Sloan, J, Shiozawa, H and Silva, SRP (2010) GeTe-filled carbon nanotubes for data storage applications In: 2010 MRS Spring Meeting: Symposium H – Phase-Change Materials for Memory and Reconfigurable Electronics Applications, 2010-04-05 - 2010-04-09, California, USA.

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Abstract

By virtue of their unique electronic properties, nanometer-diameter sized single-walled carbon nanotubes represent ideal candidates to function as active parts of nanoelectronic memory storage devices. We show for the first time that GeTe, a phase change material, currently considered to be one of the most promising materials for data-storage applications, can efficiently be encapsulated within single-walled carbon nanontubes of 1.4 nm diameter. Structural investigations on the encapsulated GeTe nanowires have been carried out by high resolution transmission electron microscopy. The electronic interactions between the filling material and the host nanotube have been examined using ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy experiments and show that the electronic structure of the encapsulating nanotube and that of the encased filling are not perturbed by the presence of each of the other component. The newly formed hybrids offer potential to operate as active elements in non-volatile electronic memory storage devices.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Conference Paper)
Divisions :	Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences > Electronic Engineering > Advanced Technology Institute > Nano-Electronics Centre
Authors :	Name Email ORCID Giusca, CE Stolojan, V Sloan, J Shiozawa, H Silva, SRP
Date :	2010
DOI :	10.1557/PROC-1251-H06-03
Contributors :	Contribution Name Email ORCID http://www.loc.gov/loc.terms/relators/PBL Cambridge University Press,
Additional Information :	Copyright 2010 CUP. This is the author's version of an article accepted for publication and will appear in a revised form, subsequent to peer review and/or editorial input by Cambridge University Press, in MRS Proceedings, Vol. 1251, 2010 published by Cambridge University Press.
Depositing User :	Symplectic Elements
Date Deposited :	12 Feb 2013 12:42
Last Modified :	31 Oct 2017 14:57
URI:	http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/id/eprint/745831

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