Wurtzite and fluorite ferroelectric materials for electronic memory

KH Kim, I Karpov, RH Olsson III, D Jariwala - Nature Nanotechnology, 2023 - nature.com
Ferroelectric materials, the charge equivalent of magnets, have been the subject of
continued research interest since their discovery more than 100 years ago. The …

Dawn of nitride ferroelectric semiconductors: from materials to devices

P Wang, D Wang, S Mondal, M Hu… - Semiconductor Science …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
III-nitride semiconductors are promising optoelectronic and electronic materials and have
been extensively investigated in the past decades. New functionalities, such as …

Post-CMOS compatible aluminum scandium nitride/2D channel ferroelectric field-effect-transistor memory

X Liu, D Wang, KH Kim, K Katti, J Zheng… - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Recent advances in oxide ferroelectric (FE) materials have rejuvenated the field of low-
power, nonvolatile memories and made FE memories a commercial reality. Despite these …

Thermal conductivity of aluminum scandium nitride for 5G mobile applications and beyond

Y Song, C Perez, G Esteves, JS Lundh… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Radio frequency (RF) microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) based on Al1–x Sc x N are
replacing AlN-based devices because of their higher achievable bandwidths, suitable for the …

Thermal Stability of the Ferroelectric Properties in 100 nm-Thick Al0.72Sc0.28N

R Guido, PD Lomenzo, MR Islam, N Wolff… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The discovery of ferroelectricity in aluminum scandium nitride (Al1–x Sc x N) opens
technological perspectives for harsh environments and space-related memory applications …

Controlling residual stress and suppression of anomalous grains in aluminum scandium nitride films grown directly on silicon

R Beaucejour, V Roebisch, A Kochhar… - Journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Deposition of Aluminum Scandium Nitride (AlScN) films directly on Silicon at high Sc
alloying levels, with controlled stress, and free of anomalous grains (AOGs) is demonstrated …

Highly doped AlScN 3.5 GHz XBAW resonators with 16% k2eff for 5G RF filter applications

C Moe, RH Olsson, P Patel, Z Tang… - 2020 IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The authors report 3.5 GHz bulk acoustic wave resonators with an observed k<; span style="
font-size: 14.5 px;"> 2<;/span> eff in the range of 14.2 to 16%, which the authors believe to …

Ultrathin Pt and Mo films on Al1–xScxN: an interface investigation

Y Ding, X Hou, T Jin, Y Wang, X Lian, Y Liu… - Applied Surface …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aluminum scandium nitride (Al 1–x Sc x N) with attractive ferroelectric and piezoelectric
properties is a promising material for next-generation device applications. However, the …

Characterization of Ferroelectric Al0.7Sc0.3N Thin Film on Pt and Mo Electrodes

R Nie, S Shao, Z Luo, X Kang, T Wu - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the past decade, aluminum scandium nitride (AlScN) with a high Sc content has shown
ferroelectric properties, which provides a new option for CMOS-process-compatible …

Engineering strain and texture in ferroelectric scandium-doped aluminium nitride

SRC McMitchell, AM Walke, K Banerjee… - ACS Applied …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Materials and interfacial engineering yielded ferroelectricity in Al1–x Sc x N films of 15 nm
thickness for the first time. Bottom electrodes were explored and selected for optimal …