Experimentally constrained density-functional calculations of the amorphous structure of the prototypical phase-change material Ge2 Sb2 Te5

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Akola, J ^a,b   Jones, R O ^a   Kohara, S ^c,d   Kimura, S ^c,d   Kobayashi, K ^e   Takata, M ^d,f   Matsunaga, T ^d,g   Kojima, R ^g   Yamada, N ^d,g  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^f RIKEN SPring 8 Center   (Japan)

^g PANASONIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

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EID: 68949131371     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.020201     Document Type: Article

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