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A Unified Model for Hafnium-Oxide-Based Resistive Random Access Memory
Lambert Alff and his team from Darmstadt University of Technology (TU Darmstadt) in Germany, along with their collaborators, propose a novel unified model for hafnium-oxide resistive random access memory (RRAM) based on the role of oxygen vacancy defects.
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Graphene papers provide chemical and mechanical stability, high thermal conductivity and low electrical resistance in the development of personal thermal management systems.
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The design and fabrication of a metallic wood composite possessing highly anisotropic electrical and thermal conductivities.
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The recent progress made in inkjet printed organic transistors for plastic electronics applications is reviewed.
The Evolution of Inorganic Halide Perovskites in Optoelectronics
An outline of the recent progress in the syntheses of IMH perovskites is provided.
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