Abstract: Provided is an electronic device including a first electrode part including a conductive material, a second electrode part spaced apart from the first electrode part and including a conductive material, an active layer disposed between the first electrode part and the second electrode part, including a spontaneously polarizable material, and formed to optionally have a first mode having a first electrical resistance and a second mode having a value smaller than the first electrical resistance, and an electric field controller connected to the first electrode part and the second electrode part to apply an electric field.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic device including a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an active layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a first surface that is closest to the active layer and a second surface that is farthest from the active layer, a size of a cross-sectional horizontal area at the first surface is smaller than a size of a cross-sectional horizontal area at the second surface, the active layer includes a first region, which vertically overlaps the first surface, and a second region outside the first region, and a thickness of the active layer in the first region is smaller than a thickness of the active layer in the second region.

Abstract: A method of controlling a current path range using an electric field is disclosed, and the method of controlling a current path range includes applying an electric field to an active layer including a spontaneous polarization material through an application electrode disposed adjacent to the active layer to form a polarization region of the active layer, and forming a variable low resistance region corresponding to a boundary of the polarization region, wherein the variable low resistance region is a region of the active layer having a lower electrical resistance than another region of the active layer adjacent to the variable low resistance region and allows an electrical path to be formed.

Abstract: A variable low-resistance line memory device and an operating method thereof are provided. The memory device includes: a base including a spontaneous polarizable material; a gate arranged adjacent to the base; at least two polarization regions formed in the base by applying an electric field to the base through the gate, the at least two polarization regions having polarization in different directions from each other; a variable low-resistance line corresponding to a boundary between the at least two polarization regions selectively having polarization in different directions from each other; a source located to contact the variable low-resistance line; and a drain located to contact the variable low-resistance line, wherein the variable low-resistance line is formed in a region of the base, the region having a lower electrical resistance than other regions of the base adjacent to the variable low-resistance line.

Abstract: A method of controlling a current path range using an electric field is disclosed, and the method of controlling a current path range includes applying an electric field to an active layer including a spontaneous polarization material through an application electrode disposed adjacent to the active layer to form a polarization region of the active layer, and forming a variable low resistance region corresponding to a boundary of the polarization region, wherein the variable low resistance region is a region of the active layer having a lower electrical resistance than another region of the active layer adjacent to the variable low resistance region and allows an electrical path to be formed.

Abstract: A variable low-resistance line memory device and an operating method thereof are provided. The memory device includes: a base including a spontaneous polarizable material; a gate arranged adjacent to the base; at least two polarization regions formed in the base by applying an electric field to the base through the gate, the at least two polarization regions having polarization in different directions from each other; a variable low-resistance line corresponding to a boundary between the at least two polarization regions selectively having polarization in different directions from each other; a source located to contact the variable low-resistance line; and a drain located to contact the variable low-resistance line, wherein the variable low-resistance line is formed in a region of the base, the region having a lower electrical resistance than other regions of the base adjacent to the variable low-resistance line.

Abstract: A variable low-resistance line memory device and an operating method thereof are provided. The memory device includes: a base including a spontaneous polarizable material; a gate arranged adjacent to the base; at least two polarization regions formed in the base by applying an electric field to the base through the gate, the at least two polarization regions having polarization in different directions from each other; a variable low-resistance line corresponding to a boundary between the at least two polarization regions selectively having polarization in different directions from each other; a source located to contact the variable low-resistance line; and a drain located to contact the variable low-resistance line, wherein the variable low-resistance line is formed in a region of the base, the region having a lower electrical resistance than other regions of the base adjacent to the variable low-resistance line.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic device including a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an active layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a first surface that is closest to the active layer and a second surface that is farthest from the active layer, a size of a cross-sectional horizontal area at the first surface is smaller than a size of a cross-sectional horizontal area at the second surface, the active layer includes a first region, which vertically overlaps the first surface, and a second region outside the first region, and a thickness of the active layer in the first region is smaller than a thickness of the active layer in the second region.

Abstract: A method of controlling a current path range using an electric field is disclosed, and the method of controlling a current path range includes applying an electric field to an active layer including a spontaneous polarization material through an application electrode disposed adjacent to the active layer to form a polarization region of the active layer, and forming a variable low resistance region corresponding to a boundary of the polarization region, wherein the variable low resistance region is a region of the active layer having a lower electrical resistance than another region of the active layer adjacent to the variable low resistance region and allows an electrical path to be formed.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a sensor structure, where vertically-well-aligned nanotubes are formed and the sensor structure having an excellent performance can be manufactured at the room temperature at low cost by using the nanotubes. The method of manufacturing a sensor structure includes: (a) forming a lower electrode on a substrate; (b) forming an organic template having a pore structure on the lower electrode; (c) forming a metal oxide thin film in the organic template; (d) forming a metal oxide nanotube structure, in which nanotubes are vertically aligned and upper portions thereof are connected to each other, by removing the organic template through a dry etching method; and (e) forming an upper electrode on the upper portions of the nanotubes.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a sensor structure, where vertically-well-aligned nanotubes are formed and the sensor structure having an excellent performance can be manufactured at the room temperature at low cost by using the nanotubes. The method of manufacturing a sensor structure includes: (a) forming a lower electrode on a substrate; (b) forming an organic template having a pore structure on the lower electrode; (c) forming a metal oxide thin film in the organic template; (d) forming a metal oxide nanotube structure, in which nanotubes are vertically aligned and upper portions thereof are connected to each other, by removing the organic template through a dry etching method; and (e) forming an upper electrode on the upper portions of the nanotubes.