A Hybrid Nanocomposite Based on the T-Shaped Carbon Nanotubes and Fullerenes as a Prospect Material for Triple-Value Memory Cells.

Relying on empirical and quantum chemical methods, a hybrid nanocomposite based on the T-shaped carbon nanotube (CNT) junction and internal fullerene C60 is proposed as a potential triple-value memory cell. The T-shaped CNT provides three potential wells where the internal fullerene can be located. The fullerene can move between these wells under the periodic external electric field, whose strength and frequency parameters are identified. The process of the fullerene's motion control corresponds to the memory cell write operation. The read operation can be realized by determining the fullerene's position inside the CNT by estimation of the charge transfer between a fullerene and the CNT's walls. Calculations took into account such external factors as temperature and air environment.