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Sci Rep
; 10(1): 19009, 2020 Nov 04.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-33149239
ABSTRACT
The electrical transport properties of a thin film of the diamondoid adamantane, deposited on an Au/W substrate, were investigated experimentally. The current I, in applied potential V, from the admantane-thiol/metal heterstructure to a wire lead on its surface exhibited non-symmetric (diode-like) characteristics and a signature of resistive switching (RS), an effect that is valuable to non-volatile memory applications. I(V) follows a hysteresis curve that passes twice through [Formula: see text] linearly, indicating RS between two states with significantly different conductances, possibly due to an exotic mechanism.