Te-centric view of the phase change mechanism in Ge-Sb-Te alloys

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 108, Issue 19, 2012, Pages

  Sen, S ^a   Edwards, T G ^a   Cho, J Y ^b   Joo, Y C ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC REARRANGEMENTS; FCC STRUCTURES; GE ATOM; GE-SB-TE; HIGH DENSITY MEMORY; NANOCRYSTALLINES; PHASE CHANGE MECHANISMS; PHASE CHANGES; SHORT-RANGE STRUCTURE; VACANCY DISTRIBUTION;

ANTIMONY; CERIUM ALLOYS; GERMANIUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

AMORPHOUS ALLOYS;

EID: 84861043704     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.195506     Document Type: Article

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