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Abstract

Fast phase change with no preconditions Random access memory (RAM) devices that rely on phase changes are primarily limited by the speed of crystallization. Rao et al. combined theory with a simple set of selection criteria to isolate a scandium-doped antimony telluride (SST) with a subnanosecond crystallization speed (see the Perspective by Akola and Jones). They synthesized SST and constructed a RAM device with a 700-picosecond writing speed. This is an order of magnitude faster than previous phase-change memory devices and competitive with consumer dynamic access, static random access, and flash memory. Science , this issue p. 1423 ; see also p. 1386

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Rao, F., Ding, K., Zhou, Y., Zheng, Y., Xia, M., Lv, S., Song, Z., Feng, S., Ronneberger, I., Mazzarello, R., Zhang, W., & Ma, E. (2017). Reducing the stochasticity of crystal nucleation to enable subnanosecond memory writing. Science, 358(6369), 1423–1427.

Authors 12
  1. Feng Rao (first)
  2. Keyuan Ding (additional)
  3. Yuxing Zhou (additional)
  4. Yonghui Zheng (additional)
  5. Mengjiao Xia (additional)
  6. Shilong Lv (additional)
  7. Zhitang Song (additional)
  8. Songlin Feng (additional)
  9. Ider Ronneberger (additional)
  10. Riccardo Mazzarello (additional)
  11. Wei Zhang (additional)
  12. Evan Ma (additional)
Dates
Type When
Created 7 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 9, 2017, 2 p.m.)
Deposited 1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 15, 2024, 11:21 a.m.)
Indexed 26 minutes ago (Aug. 21, 2025, 6:20 a.m.)
Issued 7 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 15, 2017)
Published 7 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 15, 2017)
Published Print 7 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 15, 2017)
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@article{Rao_2017, title={Reducing the stochasticity of crystal nucleation to enable subnanosecond memory writing}, volume={358}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aao3212}, DOI={10.1126/science.aao3212}, number={6369}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Rao, Feng and Ding, Keyuan and Zhou, Yuxing and Zheng, Yonghui and Xia, Mengjiao and Lv, Shilong and Song, Zhitang and Feng, Songlin and Ronneberger, Ider and Mazzarello, Riccardo and Zhang, Wei and Ma, Evan}, year={2017}, month=dec, pages={1423–1427} }