Crystallization behavior of MnTe/GeTe stacked thin films for multi-level phase change memory

Y Yuan, Z Xu, S Song, Z Song, R Liu, J Zhai - Applied Surface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
With substantial data storage requirements, enhancing the storage density of emerging non-
volatile memories is a common challenge for achieving commercial applications. Phase …

Electrochemistry of thin films and nanostructured materials

GD Sulka - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the last few decades, the development and use of thin films and nanostructured materials
to enhance physical and chemical properties of materials has been common practice in the …

Ge2Sb2Te5 Thin Film as a Promising Heat‐Mode Resist for High‐Resolution Direct Laser Writing Lithography

X Chen, L Chen, L Sun, T Wei, Y Ling… - physica status solidi …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ge2Sb2Te5 thin film is investigated as a positive heat‐mode resist and environmentally
friendly FeCl3 solution is as means an efficient developer. The corrosion selectivity of …

3D Confinement Stabilizes the Metastable Amorphous State of Antimony Nanoparticles–A New Material for Miniaturized Phase Change Memories?

A Frommelius, K Wirth, T Ohlerth, D Siebenkotten… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The wet‐chemical synthesis of 3D confined antimony nanoparticles (Sb‐NP) at low and high
temperatures is described. Using reaction conditions that are mild in temperature and strong …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of bismuth on optical and electrical properties of thin Ge2Sb2Te5 films prepared by DC ion plasma sputtering

S Sultanbekov, O Prikhodko, D Muratov… - Journal of Non-Crystalline …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The structure of Ge2Sb2Te5 thin films doped with Bi has been studied using TEM,
Raman spectroscopy, and Optical Transmission Spectroscopy. Thin films were obtained by …

Ga doping induced thermal stabilization of fcc phase in Ge2Sb2Te5 thin films: A step toward power-efficient phase change memories

N Bala, UK Goutam, A Thakur - Journal of Applied Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Ge 2 Sb 2 Te 5 (GST), a phase change material, generally exhibits two-step crystallization
(amorphous→ fcc→ hcp) to store and process data. The present study reports the …

Cylindrical laser beams for a-Ge2Sb2Te5 thin film modification

MP Smayev, PA Smirnov, IA Budagovsky… - Journal of Non …, 2024 - Elsevier
Chalcogenide phase-change materials are promising for optical technologies, since they
allow rapid (tens of nanoseconds) reversible switching between the amorphous and …

Realization of fast-speed and low-power phase change memory by optimizing Ge10Sb90 film with samarium doping

H Gu, W Wu, X Zhou, P Zhang, B Fu, X Zhu… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, the Sm-doped Ge 10 Sb 90 films were proposed and the effect of Sm doping
on the crystal structure and electrical properties were investigated. The crystallization …

The microstructure and electrical and optical properties of Ge–Cu–Te phase-change thin films

M Wang, L Chen - CrystEngComm, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
We investigated the microstructure and texture of completely crystalline Ge–Cu–Te thin
films, focusing on the grain orientation, grain boundary character distribution and …

Reduction of write current with improved thermal stability in GeSe2 doped Sb2Te3 films for Phase Change Memory applications

N Bhatt, S Parveen, A Whab… - Journal of Physics D …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Chalcogenide alloy-based semiconductors have gained significant attention in recent
decades due to its applications in phase change memory (PCM). Sb2Te3 has proven to be …