TY - JOUR AU - Waser, R. AU - Aono, M. TI - Nanoionics-based resistive switching memories JO - Nature materials VL - 6 SN - 1476-1122 CY - Basingstoke PB - Nature Publishing Group M1 - PreJuSER-60292 SP - 833 PY - 2007 N1 - Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012 AB - Many metal-insulator-metal systems show electrically induced resistive switching effects and have therefore been proposed as the basis for future non-volatile memories. They combine the advantages of Flash and DRAM (dynamic random access memories) while avoiding their drawbacks, and they might be highly scalable. Here we propose a coarse-grained classification into primarily thermal, electrical or ion-migration-induced switching mechanisms. The ion-migration effects are coupled to redox processes which cause the change in resistance. They are subdivided into cation-migration cells, based on the electrochemical growth and dissolution of metallic filaments, and anion-migration cells, typically realized with transition metal oxides as the insulator, in which electronically conducting paths of sub-oxides are formed and removed by local redox processes. From this insight, we take a brief look into molecular switching systems. Finally, we discuss chip architecture and scaling issues. KW - J (WoSType) LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 C6 - pmid:17972938 UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000250615400020 DO - DOI:10.1038/nmat2023 UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/60292 ER -