Phase Change Materials

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Raoux, Simone. (Editor), Wuttig, Matthias. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
• Edition: 1.
• Subjects: Microwaves.; Optical materials.; Materials Science.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Solid State Physics.; Spectroscopy and Microscopy.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-84874-7

Phase Change Materials: Science and Applications provides a comprehensive overview of the properties that characterize phase change materials from theoretical and experimental perspectives, with a focus on emerging technological applications. An informative introductory chapter provides the history...

Table of Contents:

• Theory: Density-Functional Theory Calculations, Glasses, Amorphous Materials
• Experiment: Basic Materials Properties, Scaling Behavior of Phase Change Materials, Kinetics, Structure, Optical and Electrical Properties, Novel Deposition Methods
• Optical: First to Third Generation Optical Memories, Fourth Generation Optical Memories Based on SuperRENS Effect
• Solid State Memory: Device Modeling, Advanced Prototype devices and Scaling, Memory Cell Concepts and Design, Technology and Development
• Reconfigurable Logic.