Original paper
Electrically reversible cracks in an intermetallic film controlled by an electric field
Abstract
Cracks in solid-state materials are typically irreversible. Here we report electrically reversible opening and closing of nanoscale cracks in an intermetallic thin film grown on a ferroelectric substrate driven by a small electric field (~0.83 kV/cm). Accordingly, a nonvolatile colossal electroresistance on-off ratio of more than 108 is measured across the cracks in the intermetallic film at room temperature. Cracks are easily formed with...
Paper Details
Title
Electrically reversible cracks in an intermetallic film controlled by an electric field
Published Date
Dec 28, 2017
Journal
Volume
9
Issue
1