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 …

New-generation ferroelectric AlScN materials

Y Zhang, Q Zhu, B Tian, C Duan - Nano-Micro Letters, 2024 - Springer
Ferroelectrics have great potential in the field of nonvolatile memory due to programmable
polarization states by external electric field in nonvolatile manner. However, complementary …

Role of Defects in the Breakdown Phenomenon of Al1–xScxN: From Ferroelectric to Filamentary Resistive Switching

R Guido, T Mikolajick, U Schroeder, PD Lomenzo - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Aluminum scandium nitride (Al1–x Sc x N), with its large remanent polarization, is an
attractive material for high-density ferroelectric random-access memories. However, the …

Scandium-doped aluminum nitride for acoustic wave resonators, filters, and ferroelectric memory applications

L Chen, C Liu, M Li, W Song, W Wang… - ACS Applied …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Scandium-doped aluminum nitride (AlScN) has generated great research interest owing to
its unique properties. The wurtzite-structure AlScN is compatible with the complementary …

Leakage Mechanism and Cycling Behavior of Ferroelectric Al0.7Sc0.3N

L Chen, Q Wang, C Liu, M Li, W Song, W Wang… - Materials, 2024 - mdpi.com
Ferroelectric scandium-doped aluminum nitride (Al1-xScxN) is of considerable research
interest because of its superior ferroelectricity. Studies indicate that Al1-xScxN may suffer …

[HTML][HTML] Temperature-Dependent Ferroelectric Behaviors of AlScN-Based Ferroelectric Capacitors with a Thin HfO2 Interlayer for Improved Endurance and Leakage …

HJ Joo, SS Yoon, SY Oh, Y Lim, GH Lee, G Yoo - Electronics, 2024 - mdpi.com
The ferroelectric switching behavior of a metal–ferroelectric AlScN–HfO2 interlayer–metal
(MFIM) capacitor was investigated at variable temperatures and compared with an MFM …

Demonstration of 10 nm Ferroelectric Al0.7Sc0.3N-Based Capacitors for Enabling Selector-Free Memory Array

L Chen, C Liu, HK Lee, B Varghese, RWF Ip, M Li… - Materials, 2024 - mdpi.com
In this work, 10 nm scandium-doped aluminum nitride (AlScN) capacitors are demonstrated
for the construction of the selector-free memory array application. The 10 nm Al0. 7Sc0. 3N …

[HTML][HTML] Aluminum-Nitride-Based Semiconductors: Growth Processes, Ferroelectric Properties, and Performance Enhancements

L Wang, J Cheng, K Qu, Q Zhu, B Tian, Z Yang - Inorganics, 2025 - mdpi.com
Aluminum nitride (AlN)-based ferroelectric films offer significant advantages, including
compatibility with CMOS back-end processes, potential for sustainable miniaturization, and …

In-wafer stress-dependent leakage current in ferroelectric scandium-doped aluminum nitride

L Chen, C Liu, Z Wang, M Li, W Song… - … on Applications of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently, the discovery of ferroelectricity in scandium-doped aluminum nitride (Al 1-x Sc x N)
makes it a promising candidate to be used for next-generation ferroelectric memory …

Ferroelectric AlScN thin films with enhanced polarization and low leakage enabled by high-power impulse magnetron sputtering

F Messi, J Patidar, N Rodkey, CW Dräyer… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2025 - arxiv.org
The demand for efficient data processing motivates a shift toward in-memory computing
architectures. Ferroelectric materials, particularly AlScN, show great promise for next …