Electronic structure and phase formation in resistive memory materials (B06)

• Subject Area: Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
• Term: from 2011 to 2023
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 167917811

In Project B6 we are finally addressing the transient changes in the electronic structure and phase for-mation with pico-second time-resolution by utilizing a suite of carefully chosen pump-probe approaches. We will employ soft as well as hard-X-ray microspectroscopies to disentangle the microscopic mecha-nisms and their intrinsic time scales. In order to specifically probe the motion of the ionic species we will also employ ultrafast electron diffraction.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 917: Resistively Switching Chalcogenides for Future Electronics - Structure, Kinetics and Device Scalability: 'Nanoswitches'
• Applicant Institution: Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Claus Michael Schneider