Chalcogenide phase change materials based on germanium-antimony-tellurides (GST-
PCMs) have shown outstanding properties in non-volatile memory (NVM) technologies due …

The past two decades have witnessed the emergence and rapid growth of the research field
of nanoscale thermal transport. Much of the work in this field has been fundamental studies …

Understanding the thermal properties of disordered systems is of fundamental importance
for condensed matter physics-and for practical applications as well. While quantities such as …

Controlling thermal transport in solids is of paramount importance for many applications.
Often thermal management is crucial for a device's performance, as it affects both reliability …

We computed the thermal conductivity (κ) of amorphous GeTe by means of classical
molecular dynamics and lattice dynamics simulations. GeTe is a phase change material of …

While atomic vibrations dominate thermal conduction in the amorphous and face-centered
cubic phases of Ge 2 Sb 2 Te 5, electrons dominate in the hexagonal closed-packed (hcp) …

Plasmonics has drawn a lot of interest because of its exceptional ability to control the flow of
light in metamaterials. Metamaterials and active plasmonic materials allow the mass …

Although lateral thermal conduction in Ge 2 Sb 2 Te 5 (GST) films can influence the
performance of phase change memory (PCM), there are no data available for the in-plane …

The thermal conductivity of Ge 2 Sb 2 Te 5 (GST) layers, as well as the thermal boundary
resistance at the interface between the GST and amorphous Si O 2⁠, was measured using a …

The book details sources of thermal energy, methods of capture, and applications. It
describes the basics of thermal energy, including measuring thermal energy, laws of …