Amorphous structures of Ge/Sb/Te alloys: Density functional simulations

Physica Status Solidi (B) Basic Research

Volumn 249, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1851-1860

  Akola, J ^a,b,c   Jones, R O ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Density functional simulations; Ge Sb Te alloys; Phase change materials

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; PHASE CHANGE MEMORY; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

ADJUSTABLE PARAMETERS; AMORPHOUS AND CRYSTALLINE PHASIS; AMORPHOUS STRUCTURES; DENSITY FUNCTIONALS; MEMORY MATERIALS; NUMEROUS SYSTEMS; RECORDING MEDIUM; REVERSIBLE TRANSITIONS;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 84867223910     PISSN: 03701972     EISSN: 15213951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssb.201200393     Document Type: Review

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