A novel Ag/oxide-based threshold switching device with attractive features including ≈1010 nonlinearity is developed. High-resolution transmission electron microscopic analysis of the nanoscale crosspoint device suggests that elongation of an Ag nanoparticle under voltage bias followed by spontaneous reformation of a more spherical shape after power off is responsible for the observed threshold switching.
Keywords: memory; memristor nonlinearity; neuromorphic computing; selector.
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