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 …

Toward the Speed Limit of Phase‐Change Memory

J Shen, W Song, K Ren, Z Song, P Zhou… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Phase‐change memory (PCM) is one of the most promising candidates for next‐generation
data‐storage technology, the programming speed of which has enhanced within a timescale …

[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 …

Phase-change materials in electronics and photonics

W Zhang, R Mazzarello, E Ma - MRS Bulletin, 2019 - cambridge.org
The rapidly growing demand for data storage and processing, driven by artificial intelligence
(AI) and other data-intensive applications, is posing a serious challenge for current …

Bipolar switching in chalcogenide phase change memory

N Ciocchini, M Laudato, M Boniardi, E Varesi… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Phase change materials based on chalcogenides are key enabling technologies for optical
storage, such as rewritable CD and DVD and recently also electrical nonvolatile memory …

Breaking the speed limits of phase-change memory

D Loke, TH Lee, WJ Wang, LP Shi, R Zhao, YC Yeo… - Science, 2012 - science.org
Phase-change random-access memory (PCRAM) is one of the leading candidates for next-
generation data-storage devices, but the trade-off between crystallization (writing) speed …

Enabling universal memory by overcoming the contradictory speed and stability nature of phase-change materials

W Wang, D Loke, L Shi, R Zhao, H Yang, LT Law… - Scientific Reports, 2012 - nature.com
The quest for universal memory is driving the rapid development of memories with superior
all-round capabilities in non-volatility, high speed, high endurance and low power. Phase …

A scheme for simulating multi-level phase change photonics materials

Y Wang, J Ning, L Lu, M Bosman… - npj Computational …, 2021 - nature.com
Chalcogenide phase change materials (PCMs) have been extensively applied in data
storage, and they are now being proposed for high resolution displays, holographic …

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 …