Initial structure memory of pressure-induced changes in the phase-change memory alloy Ge2Sb2Te5

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Krbal, M ^a,b   Kolobov, A V ^b   Haines, J ^a   Fons, P ^b   Levelut, C ^c   Le Parc, R ^c   Hanfland, M ^d   Tominaga, J ^b   Pradel, A ^a   Ribes, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^d EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS PHASE; ATOMIC DISPLACEMENT; BODY-CENTERED CUBIC; FACE-CENTERED CUBIC; FCC PHASE; GE2SB2TE5; HYDROSTATIC COMPRESSION; INITIAL STRUCTURES; NANO-SCALE PHASE SEPARATION; TRIGONAL PHASE;

METAL RECOVERY; PHASE SEPARATION;

PHASE CHANGE MEMORY;

EID: 70249127222     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.115502     Document Type: Article

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