Sericin for resistance switching device with multilevel nonvolatile memory

Abstract

Resistance switching characteristics of natural sericin protein film is demonstrated for nonvolatile memory application for the first time. Excellent memory characteristics with a resistance OFF/ON ratio larger than 10(6) have been obtained and a multilevel memory based on sericin has been achieved. The environmentally friendly high performance biomaterial based memory devices may hold a place in the future of electronic device development.

Keywords: electronic device; multilevel memory; protein; resistance switching; sericin.