Investigation of SnSe, Sn Se2, and Sn2 Se3 alloys for phase change memory applications

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Chung, Kyung Min ^a   Wamwangi, Daniel ^a   Woda, Michael ^a   Wuttig, Matthias ^a   Bensch, Wolfgang ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; PHASE CHANGE MEMORY; SHEET RESISTANCE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ELECTRONIC MEMORY; PHASE CHANGE ALLOYS; PHASE CHANGE MEMORY APPLICATIONS; SN SE2 AND SN2 SE3 ALLOYS;

TIN ALLOYS;

EID: 43049091918     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2894903     Document Type: Article

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