Nanotrapping memories

Abstract

Electrical memories have been vital to our everyday life, and their impact will be more significant in a future that is data-centric, sensor-equipped, and artificial-intelligence-powered. This review aims at discussing advances in nanotrapping memories, a term that is coined to embrace devices that functionally rely upon embedded nanoscale charge-trapping objects. The rationalization, demonstrations, and engineering concepts suggest that nanotrapping memories position themselves as a promising platform for both traditional and bio-inspired hardware architectures, and that their strong materials emphasis fuels the upcoming interdisciplinary nanoscience research.