Electrically reversible cracks in an intermetallic film controlled by an electric field
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T1 - Electrically reversible cracks in an intermetallic film controlled by an electric field
AU - Liu, Z.Q.
AU - Liu, J.H.
AU - Biegalski, M.D.
AU - Hu, J.-M.
AU - Shang, S.L.
AU - Ji, Y.
AU - Wang, J.M.
AU - Hsu, S.L.
AU - Wong, A.T.
AU - Cordill, Megan
AU - Gludovatz, B.
AU - Marker, C.
AU - Yan, H.
AU - Feng, Z.X.
AU - You, L.
AU - Lin, M.W.
AU - Ward, T.Z.
AU - Liu, Z.K.
AU - Jiang, C.B.
AU - Chen, L.Q.
AU - Ritchie, R.O.
AU - Christen, H.M.
AU - Ramesh, R.
PY - 2018/1/3
Y1 - 2018/1/3
N2 - Cracks in solid-state materials are typically irreversible. Here we report electrically reversible opening and closing of nanoscale cracks in an intermetallic thin film grown on a ferroelectric substrate driven by a small electric field (~0.83 kV/cm). Accordingly, a nonvolatile colossal electroresistance on–off ratio of more than 108 is measured across the cracks in the intermetallic film at room temperature. Cracks are easily formed with low-frequency voltage cycling and remain stable when the device is operated at high frequency, which offers intriguing potential for next-generation high-frequency memory applications. Moreover, endurance testing demonstrates that the opening and closing of such cracks can reach over 107 cycles under 10-μs pulses, without catastrophic failure of the film.
AB - Cracks in solid-state materials are typically irreversible. Here we report electrically reversible opening and closing of nanoscale cracks in an intermetallic thin film grown on a ferroelectric substrate driven by a small electric field (~0.83 kV/cm). Accordingly, a nonvolatile colossal electroresistance on–off ratio of more than 108 is measured across the cracks in the intermetallic film at room temperature. Cracks are easily formed with low-frequency voltage cycling and remain stable when the device is operated at high frequency, which offers intriguing potential for next-generation high-frequency memory applications. Moreover, endurance testing demonstrates that the opening and closing of such cracks can reach over 107 cycles under 10-μs pulses, without catastrophic failure of the film.
U2 - 10.1038/s41467-017-02454-8
DO - 10.1038/s41467-017-02454-8
M3 - Article
VL - 41.2018
JO - Nature Communications
JF - Nature Communications
SN - 2041-1723
IS - 9
M1 - 9
ER -