Direct atomic insight into the role of dopants in phase-change materials

Min Zhu; Wenxiong Song; Philipp M. Konze; Tao Li; Baptiste Gault; Xin Chen; Jiabin Shen; Shilong Lv; Zhitang Song; Matthias Wuttig; Richard Dronskowski

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11506-0

Nature Communications (Aug 2019)

Direct atomic insight into the role of dopants in phase-change materials

Min Zhu,
Wenxiong Song,
Philipp M. Konze,
Tao Li,
Baptiste Gault,
Xin Chen,
Jiabin Shen,
Shilong Lv,
Zhitang Song,
Matthias Wuttig,
Richard Dronskowski

Affiliations

Min Zhu: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Micro-System and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wenxiong Song: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Micro-System and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Philipp M. Konze: Chair of Solid-State and Quantum Chemistry, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University
Tao Li: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Micro-System and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Baptiste Gault: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
Xin Chen: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Micro-System and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jiabin Shen: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Micro-System and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shilong Lv: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Micro-System and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhitang Song: State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Micro-System and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Matthias Wuttig: I. Institute of Physics (IA), RWTH Aachen University
Richard Dronskowski: Chair of Solid-State and Quantum Chemistry, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11506-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Quantitative imaging on the doping in phase-change materials for data storage remains scarce. Here, the authors combine electron microscopy, atom probe tomography, and simulations to determine the role of indium and silver dopants during recrystallization.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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