Designing crystallization in phase-change materials for universal memory and neuro-inspired computing

W Zhang, R Mazzarello, M Wuttig, E Ma - Nature Reviews Materials, 2019 - nature.com
The global demand for data storage and processing has increased exponentially in recent
decades. To respond to this demand, research efforts have been devoted to the …

Recent advances on neuromorphic devices based on chalcogenide phase‐change materials

M Xu, X Mai, J Lin, W Zhang, Y Li, Y He… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Traditional von Neumann computing architecture with separated computation and storage
units has already impeded the data processing performance and energy efficiency, calling …

On-the-fly closed-loop materials discovery via Bayesian active learning

AG Kusne, H Yu, C Wu, H Zhang… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Active learning—the field of machine learning (ML) dedicated to optimal experiment design—
has played a part in science as far back as the 18th century when Laplace used it to guide …

LOBSTER: A tool to extract chemical bonding from plane‐wave based DFT

S Maintz, VL Deringer, AL Tchougréeff, R Dronskowski - 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The computer program LOBSTER (Local Orbital Basis Suite Towards Electronic‐Structure
Reconstruction) enables chemical‐bonding analysis based on periodic plane‐wave (PAW) …

Reducing the stochasticity of crystal nucleation to enable subnanosecond memory writing

F Rao, K Ding, Y Zhou, Y Zheng, M **a, S Lv, Z Song… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Operation speed is a key challenge in phase-change random-access memory (PCRAM)
technology, especially for achieving subnanosecond high-speed cache memory …

Chalcogenide thermoelectrics empowered by an unconventional bonding mechanism

Y Yu, M Cagnoni, O Cojocaru‐Mirédin… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Thermoelectric materials have attracted significant research interest in recent decades due
to their promising application potential in interconverting heat and electricity. Unfortunately …

[HTML][HTML] Unveiling the structural origin to control resistance drift in phase-change memory materials

W Zhang, E Ma - Materials Today, 2020 - Elsevier
The global demand for data storage and processing is increasing exponentially. To deal
with this challenge, massive efforts have been devoted to the development of advanced …

Localized high concentration electrolytes for high voltage lithium–metal batteries: correlation between the electrolyte composition and its reductive/oxidative stability

S Perez Beltran, X Cao, JG Zhang… - Chemistry of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We demonstrate a first-principles screening methodology as an effective tool to explore
electrolyte formulations for the new generation of high energy density rechargeable …

Phase-change materials for non-volatile memory devices: from technological challenges to materials science issues

P Noé, C Vallée, F Hippert, F Fillot… - … Science and Technology, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Chalcogenide phase-change materials (PCMs), such as Ge-Sb-Te alloys, have shown
outstanding properties, which has led to their successful use for a long time in optical …

The crystal orbital Hamilton population (COHP) method as a tool to visualize and analyze chemical bonding in intermetallic compounds

S Steinberg, R Dronskowski - Crystals, 2018 - mdpi.com
Recognizing the bonding situations in chemical compounds is of fundamental interest for
materials design because this very knowledge allows us to understand the sheer existence …