Nanocrystals in Non-volatile Memory

In recent years, utilization of the abundant advantages of quantum physics, quantum dots, quantum wires, quantum wells, and nanocrystals has attracted considerable scientific attention in the field of nonvolatile memory. Nanocrystals are the driving element that have brought the nonvolatile flash memory technology to a distinguished height. However, new approaches are still required to strengthen this technology for future applications. This book details the methods of fabrication of nanocrystals and their application in baseline nonvolatile memory and emerging nonvolatile memory technologies. The chapters have been written by renowned experts of the field and will provide an in-depth understanding of these technologies. The book is a valuable tool for research and development sectors associated with electronics, semiconductors, nanotechnology, material sciences, solid state memories, and electronic devices.

Nanocrystal Materials, Fabrication, and Characterizations S. Chowdhury and P. Barik Modeling and Simulation of Nanocrystal Flash Memory B. Sharma and C. K. Sarkar Charge Trapping and High-k Nanocrystal Flash Memory M. C. Lee and H. Y. Wong Silicon Nanocrystal Flash Memory L. Zhao, T. Lv, and G. Fan Synthesis, Characterization and Memory Application of Germanium Nanocrystals in Dielectric Matrices W. K. Choi and W. Banerjee Nanographene Flash Memory J. Meng, R. Yang, and G. Zhang Data Recovery of Flash Memory B. K. Shibwabo and I. A. Lukandu Nanocrystals in Resistive Random Access Memory W. Banerjee and Q. Liu Measurements Aspects of Nonvolatile Memory A. Campisi