Formation and instability of silver nanofilament in Ag-based programmable metallization cells

Chang-Po Hsiung; Hsin-Wei Liao; Jon-Yiew Gan; Tai-Bo Wu; Jenn-Chang Hwang; Frederick Chen; Ming-Jinn Tsai

doi:10.1021/nn1010667

Formation and instability of silver nanofilament in Ag-based programmable metallization cells

ACS Nano. 2010 Sep 28;4(9):5414-20. doi: 10.1021/nn1010667.

Authors

Chang-Po Hsiung¹, Hsin-Wei Liao, Jon-Yiew Gan, Tai-Bo Wu, Jenn-Chang Hwang, Frederick Chen, Ming-Jinn Tsai

Affiliation

¹ Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 30013, Republic of China. d937524@oz.nthu.edu.tw

PMID: 20707382
DOI: 10.1021/nn1010667

Abstract

In this paper, we report on the formation and rupture of Ag nanofilament on planar Ag/TiO2/Pt cells using visual observation. During the forming process, the filament tends to stay very thin. Specifically, it is so thin that it breaks up into a chain of nanospheres (according to Rayleigh instability) right after the formation has been completed. Similar mechanical breakup may also impact vertically stacked cells, causing reliability concerns.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't