Structural role of vacancies in the phase transition of Ge 2Sb2Te5 memory materials

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Lee, T H ^a   Elliott, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80053470438     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.094124     Document Type: Article

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