Towards an atomistic understanding of phase change materials

Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2044-2050

  Steimer, C ^a   Welnic, W ^a   Kalb, J ^a   Wuttig, Matthias ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

AgInTe2; AgSbTe2; Non volatile electronic memory; Phase change materials

Indexed keywords

NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; PHASE CHANGE MEMORY;

AGINTE2; AGSBTE2; AMORPHOUS PHASIS; AMORPHOUS STRUCTURES; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; ELECTRONIC MEMORY; PHASE CHANGE PROCESS;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 33845608586     PISSN: 14544164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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