RESISTIVE SWITCHING PHENOMENA IN COMPLEX OXIDE HETEROSTRUCTURES

Abstract

Resistive memories based on the resistive switching effect have promising application in the ultimate nonvolatile data memory field. This brief review focuses on the resistive switching phenomena in the perovskite oxide heterostructures, which originate from the modulation of the interface properties due to the movement of the oxygen vacancies and the ferroelectric polarization. Many recent experiments have been carried out to demonstrate the role of the oxygen vacancies by controlling the content of the oxygen vacancies in the oxide heterostructures with plenty of oxygen vacancies. The important role of the ferroelectric polarization was also carefully confirmed by analyzing the relationship between the current–voltage and polarization–voltage loops in the ferroelectric oxide heterostructures. The physical mechanisms have been revealed based on the developed numerical model.