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Mechanism of the Phase-Change Process

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 The chapter reviews different models of the phase-change process starting with the umbrella-flip model and includes both experimental and ab-initio simulations results.

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Kolobov, A.V., Tominaga, J. (2012). Mechanism of the Phase-Change Process. In: Chalcogenides. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 164. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28705-3_11

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