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Interstitial nanofilament pathway reduces energy consumption in memristors

Molecular crystals with interstitial filaments enable memristors with zeptojoule-level switching energy and over one billion switching cycles, offering a scalable path to energy-efficient and reliable in-memory computing.

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Fig. 1: Comparison of conductive filament formation in conventional oxide memristors and molecular crystal memristors.

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Lee, TW., Lee, GH. Interstitial nanofilament pathway reduces energy consumption in memristors. Nat. Nanotechnol. 20, 1552–1553 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-025-02014-y

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