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What Makes Phase-Change Chalcogenide Alloys Materials of Choice for Optical Data Storage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Alexander Kolobov ,
Paul Fons  and
Junji Tominaga
Alexander Kolobov
Affiliation:
[email protected], AIST, CANFOR, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8562, Japan
Paul Fons
Affiliation:
[email protected], AIST, CANFOR, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8562, Japan
Junji Tominaga
Affiliation:
[email protected], AIST, CANFOR, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8562, Japan
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Abstract

In this paper we discuss properties of phase-change materials that are crucial for their performance

Keywords

memoryphase transformationstructural
Type
Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 918: Symposium H – Chalcogenide Alloys for Reconfigurable Electronics , 2006 , 0918-H04-05
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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