Gold nanoparticles functionalized with 4,4'-dithiobiphenyl blended with CuS in PMMA for switching memory devices
A switching memory device based on functionalized gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and hexagonal copper sulfide nanocrystals (CuS), finely blended in polymethylmethacrylate matrix (PMMA) is herein presented. A two-electrode sandwich architecture has been implemented using aluminum top and bottom electrodes and a polymeric insulating layer based on PMMA/AuNPs/CuS. The device showed memory storage capabilities suitable for (Read Only Memory) ROM applications and behaves as a typical Write-Once, Read-Many times (WORM) device.