Prof. Alejandro Strachan and group members Nicolas Onofrio and David Guzman used advanced atomistic simulations to understand the operation of electro-metallization cells. These resistance switching devices are very attractive for memory and logic applications in electronics due to their ultra-fast switching speeds and possible miniaturization to the nanometer scales that could enable faster and higher capacity memory.

The simulations, detailed in a paper published in Nature Materials, provide unprecedented detail regarding the operation of these cells. "An atomic-level mechanistic understanding of the switching process provides new guidelines for materials optimization" - Explains Strachan, Professor of Materials Engineering at Purdue and Deputy Director of the Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN) and Purdue Center for Predictive Materials and Devices (c-PRIMED).

nanoHUB will be at The Mineral, Metals, and Materials Society (TMS) 144th Annual Meeting and Exhibition - which brings together thousands of business leaders, engineers, scientists and other professionals in the materials field for a superb exchange of technical knowledge leading to solutions in the workplace and in society.

When: March 15 - 19, 2015

Where: Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL

Booth number: 428

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The course is taught by Purdue's Professor Supriyo Datta on the MIT online platform (edX)

Date: March 26 - May 21 (8 weeks).

Registration is still open!

Science on Tap - Along for the Ride: Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future of Nanoelectronics

Presenter: Professor Mark Lundstrom

When: March 26, 2015

Simulate 3D nanowire transport in the effective mass approximation with phonon scattering and 3D Poisson self-consistent solution

Study the transfer of energy between the vibrational modes of a carbon nanotube

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