Why phase-change media are fast and stable: A new approach to an old problem

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 44, Issue 5 B, 2005, Pages 3345-3349

  Kolobov, Alexander V ^a,g   Fons, Paul ^a   Tominaga, Junji ^a   Frenkel, Anatoly I ^b   Ankuoinov, Alexei L ^c   Yannopoulos, Spyros N ^d   Andrikopoulos, Konstantinos S ^e   Uruga, Tomoya ^f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

^e ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^f JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^g IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Armorphous to crystalline transition; Local structure; X ray absorptionlihe structure (XAFS)

Indexed keywords

AMORPHIZATION; CHEMICAL BONDS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; ORDER DISORDER TRANSITIONS; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; VIDEODISKS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

AMORPHOUS-TO-CRYSTALLINE TRANSITIONS; DIGITAL VERSATILE DISCS (DVD); LOCAL STRUCTURE; X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE (XAFS);

OPTICAL DATA STORAGE;

EID: 23144454441     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.44.3345     Document Type: Conference Paper

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