Chalcogenides by design: functionality through metavalent bonding and confinement

BJ Kooi, M Wuttig - Advanced materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A unified picture of different application areas for incipient metals is presented. This
unconventional material class includes several main‐group chalcogenides, such as GeTe …

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 …

Endurance of chalcogenide optical phase change materials: a review

L Martin-Monier, CC Popescu, L Ranno… - Optical Materials …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Chalcogenide phase change materials (PCMs) are truly remarkable compounds whose
unique switchable optical and electronic properties have fueled an explosion of emerging …

Germanium, antimony, tellurium, their binary and ternary alloys and the impact of nitrogen: An X-ray photoelectron study

E Nolot, C Sabbione, W Pessoa, L Prazakova… - Applied Surface …, 2021 - Elsevier
The structural features and electrical properties of thin materials developed for phase
change memory (PCRAM 1) are highly influenced by the stoichiometry and the binding …

Oxidation resistance of monolayer group-IV monochalcogenides

Y Guo, S Zhou, Y Bai, J Zhao - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017 - ACS Publications
Ridged, orthorhombic two-dimensional (2D) group-V elemental and group IV–VI compound
analogues of phosphorene provide a versatile platform for nanoelectronics, optoelectronics …

Designing a Multilayered Oxygen Barrier Structure to Tackle Oxidation Challenges in Phase-Change Memory for Improved Reliability

J Cai, K Gao, R Zhao, R Zhu, H Tong… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Phase-change memory (PCM) is considered one of the most promising candidates for
universal memory. However, during the manufacturing process of PCM, phase-change …

Microscopic complexity in phase‐change materials and its role for applications

VL Deringer, R Dronskowski… - Advanced Functional …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Phase‐change materials (PCMs) are widely used for data storage and in other functional
devices. Despite their seemingly simple compositions, these materials exhibit intriguing …

Impact of interfaces on scenario of crystallization of phase change materials

P Noé, C Sabbione, N Bernier, N Castellani, F Fillot… - Acta Materialia, 2016 - Elsevier
Chalcogenide phase change materials (PCMs), such as Ge-Sb-Te alloys, have outstanding
properties, which has led to their successful use for a long time in optical memories (DVDs) …

A zero density change phase change memory material: GeTe-O structural characteristics upon crystallisation

X Zhou, W Dong, H Zhang, RE Simpson - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Oxygen-doped germanium telluride phase change materials are proposed for high
temperature applications. Up to 8 at.% oxygen is readily incorporated into GeTe, causing an …

In situ observation of the impact of surface oxidation on the crystallization mechanism of GeTe phase-change thin films by scanning transmission electron microscopy

R Berthier, N Bernier, D Cooper, C Sabbione… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
The crystallization mechanisms of prototypical GeTe phase-change material thin films have
been investigated by in situ scanning transmission electron microscopy annealing …