A map for phase-change materials

Nature Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 972-977

  Lencer, Dominic ^a   Salinga, Martin ^a   Grabowski, Blazej ^b   Hickel, Tilmann ^b   Neugebauer, Jörg ^b   Wuttig, Matthias ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EISENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE;

BONDING CHARACTERISTICS; COVALENCIES; DATA STORAGE APPLICATIONS; INHERENT CHARACTERISTICS; IONICITIES;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 56749174885     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2330     Document Type: Article

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