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1595829 
Journal Article 
Hybrid organic-inorganic liquid bistable memory devices 
Ribierre, JC; Aoyama, T; Muto, T; Andre, P 
2011 
1 
Organic Electronics
ISSN: 1566-1199 
12 
11 
1800-1805 
WOS:000295830700008 
We demonstrate the realization of the first liquid
nonvolatile rewritable memories relying on a blend of liquid carbazole and silver nanoparticles.
When an external bias voltage is applied across this single active layer based structure, a
bistable current with an ON/OFF ratio of about 2 x 10(2) is observed. Write-read-erase cycles and
recorded information stability are also demonstrated. This study provides evidence that hybrid
materials hold unexplored promises for original nonvolatile flash memories and should stimulate
strong interest in the area of low-cost, large area, flexible data storage devices. (C) 2011
Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 
Organic bistable memory; Liquid carbazole; Hybrid materials; Soft optoelectronics