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  • Materials Science
  • Solid-State Electronics

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  • Core-shell semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are advanced nanomaterials with significant potential.
  • Type-I QDs, featuring a straddling band offset, excel at charge carrier capture, crucial for memory applications.
  • Resistive switching (RS) memory offers promising non-volatile storage solutions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate a bipolar resistive switching (RS) memory device utilizing type-I core-shell quantum dots.
  • To investigate the anomalous multiple SET and RESET processes in QD-based RS memory.
  • To explore the application of stochastic RS mechanisms in QD devices for true random number generation.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of type-I core-shell quantum dot-based resistive switching memory devices.
  • Investigated the interplay between space charge limited current conduction and electrochemical metallization (ECM).
  • Utilized a Markov chain model to classify stochastic RS behaviors into three states for random number generation.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated anomalous multiple SET and RESET processes in the QD-based RS memory.
  • Successfully modulated RS behavior through the synergy and competition of charge trapping and ECM.
  • Achieved true random number generation by classifying four RS behaviors into three states.
  • Implemented a 6x6 cross-bar array to generate random letters with case distinction.

Conclusions:

  • Type-I core-shell QDs can be effectively used to create advanced bipolar resistive switching memory devices.
  • The combination of charge trapping and ECM mechanisms provides a novel pathway for controlling RS behavior.
  • Stochastic RS mechanisms in QD devices offer a viable route for implementing true random number generators and secure communication applications.