Patent ID: 7122853

Claim:
A memory device comprising: an active layer with at least one of a metal particle and a metal containing molecular group (MCMG) that changes a state based on a migration of ions therefrom when subject to at least one of an external electric field and light radiation, the active layer treated with a compound that reacts with the at least one of the metal particles and the MCMG to form at least one of a metal ion and at least one of a charged chalcocide and a disparate metallic molecule in the active layer such that a need for an initialization process is at least one of mitigated and eliminated; at least one of a passive layer and a superionic layer that facilitates supply of ions to the active layer; and the active layer and at least one of the passive layer and the superionic layer are post treated with a compound comprising at least one of ammonium sulfate (NH 4 ) 2 S, ammonium selenide (NH 4 ) 2 Se, hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S), hydrogen selenide (H 2 Se), and hydrogen telluride (H 2 Te).