An overview of phase-change memory device physics

M Le Gallo, A Sebastian - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Phase-change memory (PCM) is an emerging non-volatile memory technology that has
recently been commercialized as storage-class memory in a computer system. PCM is also …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Universal properties of relaxation and diffusion in complex materials: Originating from fundamental physics with rich applications

KL Ngai - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Complex materials are composed of basic units which invariably interact with anharmonic
potentials. It is well known that the dynamics of systems with anharmonic interaction are …

[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 …

Secondary nucleation-triggered physical cross-links and tunable stiffness in seeded supramolecular hydrogels

R Laishram, S Sarkar, I Seth, N Khatun… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Mechanistic understanding and the control of molecular self-assembly at all hierarchical
levels remain grand challenges in supramolecular chemistry. Functional realization of …

Designing conductive‐bridge phase‐change memory to enable ultralow programming power

Z Yang, B Li, JJ Wang, XD Wang, M Xu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Phase‐change material (PCM) devices are one of the most mature nonvolatile memories.
However, their high power consumption remains a bottleneck problem limiting the data …

Highly tunable β-relaxation enables the tailoring of crystallization in phase-change materials

Y Cheng, Q Yang, J Wang, T Dimitriadis… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract In glasses, secondary (β-) relaxations are the predominant source of atomic
dynamics. Recently, they have been discovered in covalently bonded glasses, ie …

The potential of chemical bonding to design crystallization and vitrification kinetics

C Persch, MJ Müller, A Yadav, J Pries, N Honné… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Controlling a state of material between its crystalline and glassy phase has fostered many
real-world applications. Nevertheless, design rules for crystallization and vitrification kinetics …

Reversible Crystalline‐Crystalline Transitions in Chalcogenide Phase‐Change Materials

B Liu, K Li, J Zhou, Z Sun - Advanced Functional Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Phase‐change random access memory (PCRAM) is one of the most technologically mature
candidates for next‐generation non‐volatile memory and is currently at the forefront of …

Ovonic Threshold‐Switching GexSey Chalcogenide Materials: Stoichiometry, Trap Nature, and Material Relaxation from First Principles

S Clima, D Garbin, K Opsomer… - physica status solidi …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Density functional theory simulations are used to identify the structural factors that define the
material properties of ovonic threshold switches (OTS). They show that the nature of mobility …