Boyn, Sören, Dr.

Education

• Ph.D. in Physics, Unité Mixte de Physique CNRS, Thales, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, France, 2016.
  Ferroelectric tunnel junctions: memristors for neuromorphic computing
• M.Sc. in Physics, Physics of Novel Materials, RWTH Aachen University, Germany, 2012.
• B.Sc. in Physics, RWTH Aachen University, Germany, 2009.

Publications

• S. Boyn, J. Grollier, G. Lecerf, B. Xu, N. Locatelli, S. Fusil, S. Girod, C. Carrétéro, K. Garcia, S. Xavier, J. Tomas, L. Bellaiche, M. Bibes, A. Barthélémy, S. Saïghi, V. Garcia
  Learning through ferroelectric domain dynamics in solid-state synapses
  Nat. Commun. 8, 14736 (2017)
• S. Boyn, A.M. Douglas, C. Blouzon, P. Turner, A. Barthélémy, M. Bibes, S. Fusil, J.M. Gregg, V. Garcia
  Tunnel electroresistance in BiFeO₃ junctions: size does matter
  Appl. Phys. Lett. 109, 232902 (2016)
• S. Boyn, J. Sampaio, V. Cros, J. Grollier, A. Fukushima, H. Kubota, K. Yakushiji, S. Yuasa
  Twist in the bias dependence of spin torques in magnetic tunnel junctions
  Phys. Rev. B 93, 224427 (2016)
• F.Y. Bruno, S. Boyn, S. Fusil, S. Girod, C. Carrétéro, M. Marinova, A. Gloter, S. Xavier, C. Deranlot, M. Bibes, A. Barthélémy, V. Garcia
  Millionfold Resistance Change in Ferroelectric Tunnel Junctions Based on Nickelate Electrodes
  Adv. Electron. Mater. 2, 1500245 (2016)
• S. Boyn, V. Garcia, S. Fusil, C. Carrétéro, K. Garcia, S. Xavier, S. Collin, C. Deranlot, M. Bibes, A. Barthélémy
  Engineering ferroelectric tunnel junctions through potential profile shaping
  APL Mater. 3, 061101 (2015)
• S. Saïghi, C. Mayr, T. Serrano-Gotarredona, H. Schmidt, G. Lecerf, J. Tomas, J. Grollier, S. Boyn, A. Vincent, D. Querlioz, S. La Barbera, F. Alibart, D. Vuillaume, O. Bichler, C. Gamrat, B. Linares-Barranco
  Plasticity in memristive devices for spiking neural networks
  Front. Neurosci. 9, 51 (2015)
• G. Lecerf, J. Tomas, S. Boyn, S. Girod, A. Mangalore, J. Grollier, S. Saïghi
  Silicon neuron dedicated to memristive spiking neural networks
  Proc. IEEE ISCAS, 1568 (2014)
• S. Boyn, S. Girod, V. Garcia, S. Fusil, S. Xavier, C. Deranlot, H. Yamada, C. Carrétéro, E. Jacquet, M. Bibes, A. Barthélémy, J. Grollier
  High-performance ferroelectric memory based on fully patterned tunnel junctions
  Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 052909 (2014)
• H. Yamada, V. Garcia, S. Fusil, S. Boyn, M. Marinova, A. Gloter, S. Xavier, J. Grollier, E. Jacquet, C. Carrétéro, C. Deranlot, M. Bibes, A. Barthélémy
  Giant electroresistance of super-tetragonal BiFeO3-based ferroelectric tunnel junctions
  ACS Nano 7, 5385 (2013)

Research

Sören Boyn studies how to realize resistive switching with lithium ions. This research covers sample fabrication as well as their characterization by electrical and structural methods.