@article{33876, keywords = {Semiconductor, Article, Priority journal, Electron transport, Chemical composition, Computer memory}, author = {S Mathews and Ramamoorthy Ramesh and T Venkatesan and J Benedetto}, title = {Ferroelectric field effect transistor based on epitaxial perovskite heterostructures}, abstract = {Ferroelectric field effect devices offer the possibility of nonvolatile active memory elements. Doped rare-earth manganates, which are usually associated with colossal magnetoresistive properties, have been used as the semiconductor channel material of a prototypical epitaxial field effect device. The carrier concentration of the semiconductor channel can be 'tuned' by varying the manganate stochiometry. A device with La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 as the semiconductor and PbZr0.2Ti0.8O3 as the ferroelectric gate exhibited a modulation in channel conductance of at least a factor of 3 and a retention loss of 3 percent after 45 minutes without power.}, year = {1997}, journal = {Science}, volume = {276}, number = {5310}, pages = {238-240}, issn = {00368075}, doi = {10.1126/science.276.5310.238}, note = {cited By 491}, language = {eng}, }