Density-functional theory guided advances in phase-change materials and memories

A density-functional study on the electronic and vibrational properties of layered antimony telluride

(2015) Ralf P Stoffel et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER

New horizons for glass formation and stability

(2015) A. Lindsay Greer   NATURE MATERIALS

Aging mechanisms in amorphous phase-change materials

(2015) Jean Yves Raty et al.   Nature Communications

Chalcogenide Phase-Change Materials: Past and Future

(2015) Stephen R. Elliott   International Journal of Applied Glass Science

Atomistic Origin of the Enhanced Crystallization Speed and n-Type Conductivity in Bi-doped Ge-Sb-Te Phase-Change Materials

(2014) Jonathan M. Skelton et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Bonding Nature of Local Structural Motifs in Amorphous GeTe

(2014) Volker L. Deringer et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Ge L3-edge x-ray absorption near-edge structure study of structural changes accompanying conductivity drift in the amorphous phase of Ge2Sb2Te5

(2014) K. V. Mitrofanov et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Dynamical Heterogeneity in the Supercooled Liquid State of the Phase Change Material GeTe

(2014) Gabriele C. Sosso et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Phase change materials and phase change memory

(2014) Simone Raoux et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Ultrafast Characterization of Phase-Change Material Crystallization Properties in the Melt-Quenched Amorphous Phase

(2014) Rakesh Jeyasingh et al.   NANO LETTERS

Changes in electrical transport and density of states of phase change materials upon resistance drift

(2014) Daniel Krebs et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Simulation of crystallization inGe2Sb2Te5: A memory effect in the canonical phase-change material

(2014) J. Kalikka et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

How fragility makes phase-change data storage robust: insights from ab initio simulations

(2014) Wei Zhang et al.   Scientific Reports

Selective detection of tetrahedral units in amorphous GeTe-based phase change alloys using Ge L3-edge x-ray absorption near-edge structure spectroscopy

(2013) M. Krbal et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Evidence for topological band inversion of the phase change material Ge2Sb2Te5

(2013) Christian Pauly et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Analytic projection from plane-wave and PAW wavefunctions and application to chemical-bonding analysis in solids

(2013) Stefan Maintz et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY

Fast Crystallization of the Phase Change Compound GeTe by Large-Scale Molecular Dynamics Simulations

(2013) Gabriele C. Sosso et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

In silicooptimization of phase-change materials for digital memories: a survey of first-row transition-metal dopants for Ge2Sb2Te5

(2013) J M Skelton et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER

Atomistic origin of rapid crystallization of Ag-doped Ge-Sb-Te alloys: A joint experimental and theoretical study

(2013) B. Prasai et al.   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI B-BASIC SOLID STATE PHYSICS

Ferroelectric Order Control of the Dirac-Semimetal Phase in GeTe-Sb2Te3Superlattices

(2013) J. Tominaga et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Magnetic Properties of Crystalline and Amorphous Phase-Change Materials Doped with 3dImpurities

(2012) Wei Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Band gap widening with time induced by structural relaxation in amorphous Ge2Sb2Te5 films

(2012) P. Fantini et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

A roadmap for graphene

(2012) K. S. Novoselov et al.   NATURE

Characterization of supercooled liquid Ge2Sb2Te5 and its crystallization by ultrafast-heating calorimetry

(2012) J. Orava et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

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

(2012) W. Zhang et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Electronics and optoelectronics of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides

(2012) Qing Hua Wang et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Tetrahedral germanium in amorphous phase change materials: Exploring the isochemical scenario

(2012) Matthieu Micoulaut et al.   PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI B-BASIC SOLID STATE PHYSICS

Nucleus-driven crystallization of amorphous Ge2Sb2Te5: A density functional study

(2012) J. Kalikka et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Neural network interatomic potential for the phase change material GeTe

(2012) Gabriele C. Sosso et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Topological Insulating inGeTe/Sb2Te3Phase-Change Superlattice

(2012) Baisheng Sa et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Pressure tunes electrical resistivity by four orders of magnitude in amorphous Ge2Sb2Te5 phase-change memory alloy

(2012) M. Xu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Breaking the Speed Limits of Phase-Change Memory

(2012) D. Loke et al.   SCIENCE

Crystal Orbital Hamilton Population (COHP) Analysis As Projected from Plane-Wave Basis Sets

(2011) Volker L. Deringer et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Distortion-triggered loss of long-range order in solids with bonding energy hierarchy

(2011) A.V. Kolobov et al.   Nature Chemistry

From local structure to nanosecond recrystallization dynamics in AgInSbTe phase-change materials

(2011) Toshiyuki Matsunaga et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Disorder-induced localization in crystalline phase-change materials

(2011) T. Siegrist et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Interfacial phase-change memory

(2011) R. E. Simpson et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Origin of ferromagnetism and the design principle in phase-change magnetic materials

(2011) D. Ding et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Ab InitioComputer Simulation of the Early Stages of Crystallization: Application toGe2Sb2Te5Phase-Change Materials

(2011) T. H. Lee et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Role of Electronic Excitation in the Amorphization of Ge-Sb-Te Alloys

(2011) Xian-Bin Li et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Phase Change Materials: Challenges on the Path to a Universal Storage Device

(2011) T. Siegrist et al.   Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics

Structural fingerprints of electronic change in the phase-change-material: Ge2Sb2Te5

(2010) B. Cai et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Atomic and electronic structures of amorphous Ge2Sb2Te5; melt-quenched versus ideal glasses

(2010) E Cho et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER

First principles study of the optical contrast in phase change materials

(2010) S Caravati et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER

Prediction of topological insulating behavior in crystalline Ge-Sb-Te

(2010) Jeongwoo Kim et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Understanding amorphous phase-change materials from the viewpoint of Maxwell rigidity

(2010) M. Micoulaut et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Bonding origin of optical contrast in phase-change memory materials

(2010) B. Huang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Signature of Tetrahedral Ge in the Raman Spectrum of Amorphous Phase-Change Materials

(2010) Riccardo Mazzarello et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Phase Change Memory

(2010) H.-S. Philip Wong et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE

Colloquium: Topological insulators

(2010) M. Z. Hasan et al.   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

First-principles study of crystalline and amorphous Ge2Sb2Te5and the effects of stoichiometric defects

(2009) S Caravati et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER

Topological insulators in Bi2Se3, Bi2Te3 and Sb2Te3 with a single Dirac cone on the surface

(2009) Haijun Zhang et al.   Nature Physics

Structure of amorphousGe8Sb2Te11:GeTe-Sb2Te3alloys and optical storage

(2009) J. Akola et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Nature of Atomic Bonding and Atomic Structure in the Phase-ChangeGe2Sb2Te5Glass

(2009) M. Xu et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Synthesis and Characteristics of a Phase-Change Magnetic Material

(2008) Wen-Dong Song et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Microscopic origin of the fast crystallization ability of Ge–Sb–Te phase-change memory materials

(2008) J. Hegedüs et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Resonant bonding in crystalline phase-change materials

(2008) Kostiantyn Shportko et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

A map for phase-change materials

(2008) Dominic Lencer et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Insights into the structure of the stable and metastable(GeTe)m(Sb2Te3)ncompounds

(2008) Juarez L. F. Da Silva et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B