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    Effect of indium do** on Ge2Sb2Te5 thin films for phase-change optical storage

    The influence of In do** on the crystallization kinetics of Ge2Sb2Te5 has been investigated using four-point-probe electrical resistance measurements, grazing incidence X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray reflecto...

    K. Wang, C. Steimer, D. Wamwangi, S. Ziegler, M. Wuttig in Applied Physics A (2005)

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    Assessment of Se based phase change alloy as a candidate for non-volatile electronic memory applications

    The structural, electrical and optical properties of the phase change alloy AgSbSe2 were investigated and compared with its Te-based counterpart AgSbTe2. A huge electrical resistance change of more than four orde...

    K. Wang, C. Steimer, R. Detemple, D. Wamwangi, M. Wuttig in Applied Physics A (2005)

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    OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC DATA STORAGE WITH PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS: FROM CRYSTAL STRUCTURES TO KINETICS

    We summarize the current understanding of how stoichiometry affects structure, optical and electronic properties and the transition kinetics of phase change materials for rewritable optical and nonvolatile ele...

    C. STEIMER, H. DIEKER, D. WAMWANGI in Functional Properties of Nanostructured Ma… (2006)

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    Electrical properties and crystallization behavior of Sb x Se100−x thin films

    The structural transformation and transformation kinetics of Sb x Se100−x films (60 ≤ x ≤ 70) were studied to investigate the feasibility of applying Sb ...

    M. J. Kang, T. J. Park, D. Wamwangi, K. Wang, C. Steimer in Microsystem Technologies (2007)

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    Influence of do** upon the phase change characteristics of Ge2Sb2Te5

    The influence of do** upon the phase change characteristics of Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST) has been determined with a variety of techniques including four-point-probe electrical resistance measurements, grazing incidence X...

    K. Wang, C. Steimer, D. Wamwangi, S. Ziegler, M. Wuttig in Microsystem Technologies (2007)

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    Phase change materials: From material science to novel storage devices

    In recent years, non-volatile solid state memories have in many applications replaced magnetic hard disk drives. While the most popular and successful non-volatile memory is the “FLASH” random access memory, s...

    M. Wuttig, C. Steimer in Applied Physics A (2007)

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    From a Fundamental Understanding of Phase Change Materials to Optimization Rules for Nonvolatile Optical and Electronic Storage

    Phase change materials are commercially used in rewritable optical storage and investigated as non-volatile electronic storage. A short laser or current pulse of high intensity melts a sub-micron sized spot of...

    C. Steimer, Henning Dieker, Wojciech Welnic in Advances in Solid State Physics (2008)