Intrinsic complexity of the melt-quenched amorphous Ge2Sb 2Te5 memory alloy

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Krbal, M ^a   Kolobov, A V ^a,b   Fons, P ^a,b   Tominaga, J ^a   Elliott, S R ^c   Hegedus, J ^c   Uruga, T ^b  

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

^b JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79953170552     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.054203     Document Type: Article

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