Understanding amorphous phase-change materials from the viewpoint of Maxwell rigidity

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 17, 2010, Pages

  Micoulaut, M ^a   Raty, J Y ^b   Otjacques, C ^b   Bichara, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

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EID: 77955447026     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.174206     Document Type: Article

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