Excitation-assisted disordering of GeTe and related solids with resonant bonding

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 10248-10253

  Kolobov, A V ^a   Fons, P ^a   Tominaga, J ^a   Hase, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; EXCITATION CONDITIONS; GRAPHENE LIKES; LAYER STRUCTURES; LAYER-BY-LAYERS; PHASE CHANGES;

CHEMISTRY;

EID: 84900809690     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp412412j     Document Type: Article

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