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Current Research Themes

1. Polymer-based resistive switching memories for future information devices

   - Nonvolatile memory devices

As we know that, NAND flash is the leading nonvolatile memory (NVM) technology using silicon, presumed for higher retention and high-density at less-cost. The operation of NAND flash transistor is due to the charge storage on the floating gate or the dielectric gate of transistor geometry. Similar geometry can be used in organic electronics, since charge carriers can be injected from a semiconductor into the charge-storing gate dielectrics. Charge trapping characteristics is of fundamental interest by rationally incorporating the optimized charge trapping sites in the dielectrics. The transistor-based NVM concepts have a geometry is similar to the conventional transistor, which is benefit for entrenching memory in logic, thereby fulfilling one of the anticipated necessities of an effective organics-based NVM technology. The most versatile type of memory behaviours is write-read-rewrite operation by the programmable voltage or current values, interpreting the electrically controllable nonvolatile memory behavior. The resistance ratio (ON/OFF ratio) between high resistance and low resistance states can be measured at certain reading voltages. The retention property of NVM devices demonstrates their viability for NVM applications. An expected retention criterion for NVM devices is more than ten years at room temperature and atmospheric conditions.

    - High-density multilevel memories

It is well known that, classical binary system works with two states either 0 or 1 corresponds to 1 bit per cell; but, the NVM behavior with distinct resistance states can adopt to work for more than 2-bits per cell.

    - EDL Transistor for synaptic electronics

Ionic conducting solid polymer electrolyte is considered for the electric double layer (EDL) formation in the EDL transistors (EDLTs) to emulate the synaptic operations in the biological systems. The synaptic plasticity characteristics mimicked by the EDLTs have attracted great interest in the field of organic polymer-based synaptic electronics.

2. Nanoionics for energy storage devices

Nanoionics is a study of ion transfer in interfaces at nanoscale regime. Manipulation of polymer molecular structure for enhanced ionic transport a plays primary role in designing and developing the optimized electrochemical devices.

    - Electrical double layer capacitor

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3. Nanoionics for sensors

    - Self-assembled Polymer Thin Films towards Nanoarchitectonics

Manipulation of ionic transport in the self-assembled polymer thin films using nanoarchitectonics approach can open the door for the development of novel electronic devices with ultrafast operation and low-power consumption. Thus, our group demonstrate a highly sensitive and ultrafast responsive flexible humidity sensor for human respiration monitoring.

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Figure. Highly sensitive and ultrafast humidity sensing characteristics of the PEO–PWA-based flexible planar devices. I–t characteristics of the device under fast-breathing conditions, which is ten times faster than the normal-breathing rate; The sensor’s current signal sharply rises during exhaling and falls during inhaling, which is consistent for entire breathing cycles at normal-breath rate

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