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Phase-change materials for rewriteable data storage

Wuttig, Matthias, Yamada, Noboru·2007·Nature Materials
DOI 10.1038/nmat2009
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Wuttig, M., & Yamada, N.
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2007-11
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824-832
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10.1038/nmat2009
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