Effect of carbon doping on the structure of amorphous GeTe phase change material

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 15, 2011, Pages

  Ghezzi, G E ^a,b   Raty, J Y ^c   Maitrejean, S ^a   Roule, A ^a   Elkaim, E ^d   Hippert, F ^b  

^a CEA LETI   (France)

^b MINATEC   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; AMORPHOUS PHASE; CARBON DOPING; INTER-ATOMIC DISTANCES; LONG CARBON CHAINS; PAIR DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; TOTAL SCATTERING;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; GERMANIUM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE CHANGE MEMORY;

AMORPHOUS CARBON;

EID: 80054977401     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3651321     Document Type: Article

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