Temperature acceleration of structural relaxation in amorphous Ge 2 Sb2 Te5

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Ielmini, D ^a   Lavizzari, S ^a   Sharma, D ^a   Lacaita, A L ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ARRHENIUS PLOTS; CHALCOGENIDES; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; PHASE CHANGE MEMORY; STRUCTURAL RELAXATION;

RELIABILITY TESTING; TEMPERATURE ACCELERATION;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 44049087109     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2930680     Document Type: Article

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