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Kohlstedt, Hermann; Fitsilis, M.; Waser, R.; Reese, T.J.; Ducharme, Stephen; and Rije, E., "Low-voltage operation of metalferroelectric-insulator-semiconductor diodes incorporating a ferroelectric polyvinylidene fluoride copolymer Langmuir-Blodgett film" (2006 We report the electrical characteristics of metal-ferroelectric-insulator-semiconductor structures, where the ferroelectric layer is a Langmuir-Blodgett film of a copolymer of 70% vinylidene fluoride and 30% trifluoroethylene. The 36-nm thick copolymer films were deposited on thermally oxidized ͑10 nm SiO 2 ͒ p-type silicon and covered with a gold gate electrode. Polarization-field hysteresis loops indicate polarization switching in the polymer film. The device capacitance shows hysteresis when cycling the applied voltage between ±3 V, exhibiting a zero-bias on/off capacitance ratio of over 3:1 and a symmetric memory window 1 V wide, with little evidence of bias that can arise from traps in the oxide. Model calculations are in good agreement with the data and show that film polarization was not saturated. The capacitance hysteresis vanishes above the ferroelectric-paraelectric transition temperature, showing that it is due to polarization hysteresis. The retention time of both the on and off states was approximately 15 min at room temperature, possibly limited by leakage or by polarization instability in the unsaturated film. These devices provide a basis for nonvolatile data storage devices with fast nondestructive readout.

; Waser, R.; Reece, Timothy J.; Rije, E.; Ducharme, Stephen; and Kohlstedt, Hermann, "Ferroelectric field effect transistors using very thin ferroelectric polyvinylidene fluoride copolymer films as gate dielectrics" (2010). Stephen Ducharme Publications. 66.

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