Investigation of Switching Mechanism in HfO2-Based Oxide Resistive Memories by In-Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy and Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Dewolf ◽  
D. Cooper ◽  
N. Bernier ◽  
V. Delaye ◽  
A. Grenier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Energy Loss ◽  
Electron Energy ◽  
Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy ◽  
Hafnium Dioxide ◽  
Switching Mechanism ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Electron Energy Loss

Abstract Forming and breaking a nanometer-sized conductive area are commonly accepted as the physical phenomenon involved in the switching mechanism of oxide resistive random access memories (OxRRAM). This study investigates a state-of-the-art OxRRAM device by in-situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Combining high spatial resolution obtained with a very small probe scanned over the area of interest of the sample and chemical analyses with electron energy loss spectroscopy, the local chemical state of the device can be compared before and after applying an electrical bias. This in-situ approach allows simultaneous TEM observation and memory cell operation. After the in-situ forming, a filamentary migration of titanium within the dielectric hafnium dioxide layer has been evidenced. This migration may be at the origin of the conductive path responsible for the low and high resistive states of the memory.

scholarly journals Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy for Aqueous in Situ Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (S2) ◽  
pp. 778-779 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Jungjohann ◽  
J Evans ◽  
I Arslan ◽  
N Browning
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Energy Loss ◽  
Electron Energy ◽  
Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy ◽  
Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Scanning Transmission ◽  
Electron Energy Loss

Extended abstract of a paper presented at Microscopy and Microanalysis 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, August 7–August 11, 2011.

The structural transitions of C60 nanowhiskers under an electric field characterized by in situ transmission electron microscopy and electron energy-loss spectroscopy

Nanoscale ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 6585-6589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Li ◽  
Bingzhe Wang ◽  
Yuan Yao ◽  
Guangzhe Piao ◽  
Lin Gu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Electric Field ◽  
Energy Loss ◽  
Electron Energy ◽  
Structural Transformation ◽  
Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Electron Energy Loss

The structural transformation path of C60 nanowhiskers under an electric field studied using in situ TEM is reported.

Microbial Reduction of Chromium(VI): In-Situ Environmental Cell Transmission Electron Microscopy Study Using Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy

2001 ◽  
Vol 7 (S2) ◽  
pp. 134-135
Author(s):  
Tyrone L. Daulton ◽  
Brenda J. Little ◽  
Kristine Lowe ◽  
Joanne Jones-Meehan
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Energy Loss ◽  
Electron Energy ◽  
Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy ◽  
Shewanella Oneidensis ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Environmental Cell ◽  
Electron Energy Loss

The geochemistry and toxicity of chromium is controlled by its valence state. Chromium is a redox active 3d transition metal with a wide range (− to +6) of possible oxidation states; however only Cr(III) and Cr(VI) are stable. Hexavalent Cr(VI) can be readily reduced to the trivalent state by Fe2+, S2−, organic compounds, wetland plants, and several species of microorganisms. The associated mechanisms of Cr(VI) reduction are technologically and biologically important because they convert a toxic, mobile element into a less toxic, immobile form.Reduction of Cr(VI) by the bacterium, Shewanella oneidensis (previously classified Shewanella putrefaciens strain MR-1), was studied by absorption spectrophotometry and in-situ, environmental cell (EC) - transmission electron microscopy (TEM) coupled with electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS). Shewanella oneidensis (S. oneidensis), a gram-negative, facultative bacterium is capable of respiring aerobically and anaerobically using a variety of compounds, including O2, Fe(III), Mn(IV), NO2−, NO3−, SO2, SO32−, thiosulfate (S2O32−), trimethyamine oxide, fumarate, U(VI), and Cr(VI) as terminal electron acceptors.

Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy (EELS) of Fe-Bearing Olivine and Laihunite (an Oxidized Olivine)

2000 ◽  
Vol 6 (S2) ◽  
pp. 208-209
Author(s):  
Huifang Xu ◽  
Pingqiu Fu
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Energy Loss ◽  
Electron Energy ◽  
Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy ◽  
Structure Refinement ◽  
Iron Formation ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Electron Energy Loss

Laihunite that has distorted olivine-type structure with ferric and ferrous irons and ordered distribution of vacancies was first discovered in a high-grade metamorphosed banded iron formation (BIF) [1, 2]. The laihunite coexisting with fayalite (Fe-olivine), magnetite, quartz, ferrosilite, garnet and hedenbergite, formed in the process of oxidation of fayalite [2, 3]. The structure refinement of 1-layer laihunite shows P21/b symmetry and ordered distribution of vacancies in half M1 sites of olivine structure [2, 3]. Early high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) study and HRTEM image simulation of the 1-layer laihunite verified the structure refinement [4].Specimens of weakly oxidized fayalite and laihunite containing fayalite islands collected from Xiaolaihe and Menjiagou of Liaoning Province, NE China, have been studied using selected area electron diffraction (SAED), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS), and X-ray energy-dispersive spectroscopy.

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