Structural phase transitions on the nanoscale: The crucial pattern in the phase-change materials Ge2 Sb2 Te5 and GeTe

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 23, 2007, Pages

  Akola, J ^a,b   Jones, R O ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

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EID: 36849049207     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.235201     Document Type: Article

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