The electrical characteristics and resistive switching properties of memristive devices have been studied in a wide temperature range. The insulator and electrode materials of these devices (silicon oxide and titanium nitride, respectively) are fully compatible with conventional complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) fabrication processes. Silicon oxide is also obtained through the low-temperature chemical vapor deposition method. It is revealed that the as-fabricated devices do not require electroforming but their resistance state cannot be stored before thermal treatment. After the thermal treatment, the devices exhibit bipolar-type resistive switching with synaptic behavior. The conduction mechanisms in the device stack are associated with the effect of traps in the insulator, which form filaments in the places where the electric field is concentrated. The filaments shortcut the capacitance of the stack to different degrees in the high-resistance state (HRS) and in the low-resistance state (LRS). As a result, the electron transport possesses an activation nature with relatively low values of activation energy in an HRS. On the contrary, Ohm’s law and tunneling are observed in an LRS. CMOS-compatible materials and low-temperature fabrication techniques enable the easy integration of the studied resistive-switching devices with traditional analog–digital circuits to implement new-generation hardware neuromorphic systems.

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The article deals with the applied aspects of the actual and insufficiently developed problem of optimizing the professional interaction of participants in criminal proceedings, the solution of which is to develop a technology of psychological support of professional interaction in order to increase the effectiveness of joint activities of members of various professional groups involved in the investigation of crimes. Professional interaction of participants in criminal proceedings is understood by the authors as a complex psychological structure that includes ambivalent values and philosophical and functional aspects of professional inter-group relations, inter-group conflict, inter-group adaptation of members of professional groups with their own professional skills and manifested by psychological mechanisms of inter-group interaction. Based on the identified problem areas during the psychological analysis of the experience of police officers, a program of targeted psychological support and optimization of professional interaction of participants in criminal proceedings in real conditions was justified and developed, taking into account the available resources and modern approaches in the field of psychology.