Self-Compliant Bipolar Resistive Switching in SiN-Based Resistive Switching Memory.
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SUBMITTER: Kim S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5459000 | biostudies-other | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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