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Imaging the Switching Dynamics of Memristors Based on 2D Materials in Real Time

Research team at AMO GmbH and RWTH Aachen University demonstrates for the first time the formation and dissolution of conductive filaments in 2D material-based memristors Aachen, Germany – A research team from AMO GmbH, RWTH Aachen University (Chair of Electronic Devices), and Forschungszentrum Jülich has made significant progress in understanding the dynamics of conductive filaments […]

Volatile and Nonvolatile Resistive Switching in Lateral 2D Molybdenum Disulfide-Based Memristive Devices

  🎉 Congratulations to Sofia Cruces (ELD) for the publication of her latest paper in ACS Publications‘ Nano Letters: “Volatile and Nonvolatile Resistive Switching in Lateral 2D Molybdenum Disulfide-Based Memristive Devices”. This exciting work explores the coexistence of volatile and nonvolatile resistive switching in lateral MoS₂-based memristors with silver electrodes. The devices operate at low […]

Graphene Heaters for Tunable Mach–Zehnder Interferometers in Silicon Photonics at the C-Band Wavelength

Congratulations to Jens Samland and the entire team on our latest publication in ACS Applied Optical Materials! 🔍 This work explores graphene micro heaters for thermally tunable MZIs on a silicon-on-insulator platform—pushing the boundaries of C-band photonic switching. 📌 Key Results: ▪️Two heater designs with varying geometries ▪️Achieved Pπτ = 272 mW·μs and 28 dB […]

Exchange with FMD-QNC: Strategic Impulses for Germany’s Microelectronics

AMO GmbH was pleased to welcome Jörg Stephan, Head of the module “Quantum Computing and Neuromorphic Computing” at Forschungsfabrik Mikroelektronik Deutschland (FMD-QNC), for a professional exchange initiated by the NeuroSys Cluster. The discussions focused on the role of microelectronics in Germany’s innovation landscape and the strategic advancement of joint initiatives. Topics included the current status […]

A scalable approach for MoS 2-field-effect transistors with low contact resistance

Researchers from AMO GmbH and the Chair for Electronic Devices at RWTH Aachen University have experimentally demonstrated a scalable technique for realizing field-effect transistors based on two-dimensional molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), with low contact resistance (about 9 kΩ·µm) and high on/off current ratios of 108.   The approach is based on lateral heterostructures of MoS2 and […]

Institutional visit to Piedmont

Prof. Max Lemme has visited Piedmont as part of an industry/academic delegation headed by Mona Neubaur, Minister for Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Action and Energy of North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW).   The visit, initiated by Piedmont’s councilor for industry, Andrea Tronzano, had the aim of contributing to developing common relationships and policies in the microelectronics sector […]

Workshop announcement: “2D Materials for Future Electronics”

AMO GmbH and the Aachen Graphene & 2D Materials Center are organizing a two-day workshop on “2D Materials for Future Electronics”, in cooperation with RWTH Aachen University and the University of Wuppertal. The workshop will take place on February 19-20, 2024 in the scenic lecture halls of the SuperC building, in Aachen.  The scope of […]

An EU delegation at AMO

A delegation of the EU Commission has paid a visit to AMO GmbH, within the broader context of a site-visit at RWTH Aachen University. Theme of the visit was the role of universities in contributing to the competitiveness and prosperity of Europe, and what the EU can do to foster their future development.

The Future Cluster NeuroSys is kicking-off

RWTH Aachen University, Forschungszentrum Jülich and AMO GmbH are joining forces with numerous companies and start-ups in the region to lay the technological basis for future European AI-hardware.

What should the future look like?

An interview with Max Lemme over the Future-Cluster NeuroSys In a video interview for the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology of RWTH Aachen University, Prof. Max Lemme explains the vision behind the Future-Cluster NeuroSys, the role of neuromorphic hardware in shaping the future of artificial intelligence applications, and the necessity of addressing not […]

NeuroSys succeeds in the first “Clusters4Future” ideas competition

The cluster “NeuroSys – Neuromorphic Hardware for Autonomous Artificial Intelligence Systems” will receive €45 million funding from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research to contribute to the technological independence of Germany and Europe in the field of artificial intelligence.

Discussing the future with a member of the Bundestag

On Monday, August 10, 2020, AMO GmbH received the visit of Rudolf Henke, member of the German parliament (Bundestag).

NeuroSys – shaping the landscape of future neuromorphic-hardware

Max Lemme is the coordinator of the project NeuroSys – one of the 16 projects that are now in the conception phase of the BMBF-funding initiative “Clusters4Future”. NeuroSys’s goal is to establish the wider Aachen-region as a world-leading location for research, development and exploitation of neuromorphic hardware in artificial intelligence (AI).