Analysis and improvement of interfacial adhesion of growth-dominant Ge-doped SbTe phase change materials

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Jeong, Jeung Hyun ^a   Ahn, Hyung Woo ^a,b   Lee, Suyoun ^a   Kim, Won Mok ^a   Ha, Jae Geun ^b   Cheong, Byung Ki ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Kwangwoon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; BUOYANCY; CRYSTAL GROWTH; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FILMS; GERMANIUM; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN BOUNDARY SLIDING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GROWTH (MATERIALS); OXYGEN; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SETTLING TANKS; SYSTEM THEORY;

BOUNDARY DIFFUSIONS; GRAIN SIZES; INDUCED STRESSES; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; PATTERNED FILMS; PROBABILITY OF ADHESIONS; SEMIQUANTITATIVE;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 58149492908     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3064916     Document Type: Article

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