Fabrication and Characterization of Cu-WO3-Pt and Pt-WO3-Pt Switching Devices: An Undergraduate Research Experience at the Forshungszentrum Jülich (Germany)
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| Abstract | ABSTRACT: Metal-Insulator-Metal structures with transistion metal oxide barriers were were investigated as a new from of semiconductor switching device, in a research project at the Forshungszentrum Jülich in Germany. The project included both fabrication of the structures and characterization of the switching behavior of the resulting devices. This research was conducted at the Forshungszentrum Jülich by Mr. Rehan Kapadia as part of the IREE program. This activity was part of the educational activities of the NationalNanotechnology InfrastructureNetwork, conducted to provide superior participants in the NNIN REU program with a second summer international research experienc. Through this activity, NNIN seeks demonstrate to thses students that nanotechnology research is an international enterprise and that approaching their research careers with an international perspective is both beneficial and critical to their success. |
| Contributor | Mourad Ouzzani
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| Bio | Rehan Kapadia is a graduate student in Electrical Engineering at the University of California at Bereley. He received a B.S in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas in May 2008, just prior to participating in this program. Prior to the experience described in this report, Mr. Kapadia participated in the NNIN Research Experience for Undergraduates program in the summer 2007 at the University of Minnesota site.
Lynn Rathbun received the BS in Physics from The Ohio State University in 1971, and an MS and PhD in Physics from the University of Illinois in 1973 and 1979 respectively. In 1979 he joined the newly established National Research and Resource Facility for Submicron Structures at Cornell University. Through the years, NRRFSS facility has evolved to the current Cornell Nanoscale Science and Technology Facility (CNF), and the user facility concept embodied in NRRFSS has eveolved to the 14 site National Nanotechnology Infratructure Network. Dr. Rathbun is currently both the Laboratory Manager for the Cornell Nanoscale Facility, and the Program Manager for the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network. As NNIN Program Manager he is responsible for directing a variety of network wide research and education programs, including this international undergraduate research program, at the 14 NNI sites. Sandip Tiwari is the Charles N. Mellowes Professor of Electrical Engineering at Cornell University. He received the Ph.D. in Electrical Engoneering from Cornell University in 1980. Prior to returning to Cornell he was at IBM Research from 1982 to1999. He served as Director of the Cornell Nanoscale Science and Technology Facility from 1999 to 2005. He is the Director of the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, a position he as held since 1999. |
| Cite this work | Researchers should cite this work as follows: Rehan Kapadia, Lynn Rathburn and S. T. Tiwari, "Fabrication and Characterization of Cu-WO3-Pt and Pt-WO3-Pt Switching Devices: An Undergraduate Research Experience at the Forshungszentrum Jülich (Germany)", Trip report presented at the NSF IREE 2008 Grantees Conference, May 2008, Washington, D.C. |
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