Tetrahedral germanium in amorphous phase change materials: Exploring the isochemical scenario

Physica Status Solidi (B) Basic Research

Volumn 249, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1890-1896

  Micoulaut, Matthieu ^a   Kachmar, Ali ^a   Charpentier, Thibault ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Molecular dynamics simulations; Phase change materials; Structure; Supercooled liquids

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; GERMANIUM; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SILICON COMPOUNDS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); SUPERCOOLING; TEMPERATURE;

AMORPHOUS PHASE-CHANGE MATERIAL; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; LOCAL GEOMETRY; LOW TEMPERATURES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PAIR DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; STRUCTURE FACTORS; SUPERCOOLED LIQUIDS;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 84867206915     PISSN: 03701972     EISSN: 15213951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssb.201200398     Document Type: Article

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