Flexible and twistable non-volatile memory cell array with all-organic one diode–one resistor architecture

Flexible organic memory devices are one of the integral components for future flexible organic electronics. However, high-density all-organic memory cell arrays on malleable substrates without cross-talk have not been demonstrated because of difficulties in their fabrication and relatively poor performances to date. Here we demonstrate the first flexible all-organic 64-bit memory cell array possessing one diode–one resistor architectures. Our all-organic one diode–one resistor cell exhibits excellent rewritable switching characteristics, even during and after harsh physical stresses. The write-read-erase-read output sequence of the cells perfectly correspond to the external pulse signal regardless of substrate deformation. The one diode–one resistor cell array is clearly addressed at the specified cells and encoded letters based on the standard ASCII character code. Our study on integrated organic memory cell arrays suggests that the all-organic one diode–one resistor cell architecture is suitable for high-density flexible organic memory applications in the future. Flexible organic memory devices are promising candidates for data storage applications. Here, Ji et al. develop a flexible all-organic 64-bit memory cell array possessing one diode–one resistor architecture, which can maintain its memory characteristics even under large mechanical distortions.