Chin. Phys. Lett.  2023, Vol. 40 Issue (3): 038501    DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/40/3/038501
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A Ferroelectric Domain-Wall Transistor
Yang-Jun Ou, Jie Sun, Yi-Ming Li, and An-Quan Jiang*
State Key Laboratory of ASIC & System, School of Microelectronics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Yang-Jun Ou, Jie Sun, Yi-Ming Li et al  2023 Chin. Phys. Lett. 40 038501
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Abstract On the basis of novel properties of ferroelectric conducting domain walls, the domain wall nanoelectronics emerges and provides a brand-new dimension for the development of high-density, high-speed and energy-efficient nanodevices. For in-memory computing, three-terminal devices with both logic and memory functions such as transistors purely based on ferroelectric domain walls are urgently required. Here, a prototype ferroelectric domain-wall transistor with a well-designed coplanar electrode geometry is demonstrated on epitaxial BiFeO$_{3}$ thin films. For the logic function, the current switching between on/off states of the transistor depends on the creation or elimination of conducting domain walls between drain and source electrodes. For the data storage, the transistor can maintain nonvolatile on/off states after the write/erase operations, providing an innovative approach for the development of the domain wall nanoelectronics.
Received: 20 December 2022      Editors' Suggestion Published: 18 February 2023
PACS:  85.50.-n (Dielectric, ferroelectric, and piezoelectric devices)  
  72.20.-i (Conductivity phenomena in semiconductors and insulators)  
  77.80.-e (Ferroelectricity and antiferroelectricity)  
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