Amorphous-crystalline phase transitions in chalcogenide materials for memory applications

Phase Transitions

Volumn 81, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 773-790

  Gille, T ^a,b   Meyer, K De ^a,b   Wouters, D J ^a  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Phase change materials; Phase change memory; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; NUCLEATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PULSE CODE MODULATION; THICK FILMS;

CHALCOGENIDE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLINE PHASE; CRYSTALLINE PHASE TRANSITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; GROWTH PROCESSES; MEMORY APPLICATIONS; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; PHASE-CHANGE MEMORIES; PHASE-CHANGE MEMORY; RETENTION CHARACTERISTICS; SIMULATION; THIN FILMS;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 49149111226     PISSN: 01411594     EISSN: 10290338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411590802024852     Document Type: Article

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