Microscopic origin of resistance drift in the amorphous state of the phase-change compound GeTe

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Gabardi, S ^a   Caravati, S ^a   Sosso, G C ^b   Behler, J ^c   Bernasconi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

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EID: 84939825311     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.92.054201     Document Type: Article

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