Role of vacancies in metal-insulator transitions of crystalline phase-change materials

Nature Materials

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 952-956

  Zhang, W ^a   Thiess, A ^b,c   Zalden, P ^a   Zeller, R ^b   Dederichs, P H ^b   Rat, J Y ^d   Wuttig, M ^a   Blugel, S ^a,b   Mazzarello, R ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c German Research School for Simulation Sciences   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; METAL INSULATOR TRANSITION; SEMICONDUCTOR INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; VACANCIES;

CRYSTALLINE PHASE; CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS; INSULATING PHASE; METALLIC STATE; MICROSCOPIC MECHANISMS; RESISTANCE STATE; VACANCY CLUSTER; VACANCY CONCENTRATION;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 84867865214     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3456     Document Type: Article

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