Zhixin Alice Ye

Graduate Student

Home Faculty Advisor: Professor Tsu-Jae King Liu, Electrical Engineering Department, UC Berkeley 

Host Faculty Advisor: Dr. Giuliana Di Martino, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge

Alice completed her BASc in Engineering at the University of Toronto and then moved in 2015 to UC Berkeley to study for her PhD.  Her research interests are in sustainable low-energy computing and developing ultra-low voltage micro-electro-mechanical (MEM) switches and circuits.

In this project, Alice will explore the properties of the valence change mechanism (VCM) memristive switches that have high endurance and energy-efficiency.  The systems require optimization and a better understanding of filament development and dissolution. To study these process non-destructive optical techniques, developed in the Di Martino group will be utilized to reveal real-time information about the formation of oxygen vacancies in a model materials stack of TiN/HfOx/Au nanoparticle.