Stimuli-Responsive Phase Change Materials: Optical and Optoelectronic Applications

Stimuli-responsive materials offer a large variety of possibilities in fabrication of solid- state devices. Phase change materials (PCMs) undergo rapid and drastic changes of their optical properties upon switching from one crystallographic phase to another one. This peculiarity makes PCMs ideal can...

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Autores principales: Vassalini, Irene, Alessandri, Ivano, de Ceglia, Domenico
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8233899/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34205233
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14123396
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author Vassalini, Irene
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description Stimuli-responsive materials offer a large variety of possibilities in fabrication of solid- state devices. Phase change materials (PCMs) undergo rapid and drastic changes of their optical properties upon switching from one crystallographic phase to another one. This peculiarity makes PCMs ideal candidates for a number of applications including sensors, active displays, photonic volatile and non-volatile memories for information storage and computer science and optoelectronic devices. This review analyzes different examples of PCMs, in particular germanium–antimonium tellurides and vanadium dioxide (VO(2)) and their applications in the above-mentioned fields, with a detailed discussion on potential, limitations and challenges.
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spelling pubmed-82338992021-06-27 Stimuli-Responsive Phase Change Materials: Optical and Optoelectronic Applications Vassalini, Irene Alessandri, Ivano de Ceglia, Domenico Materials (Basel) Review Stimuli-responsive materials offer a large variety of possibilities in fabrication of solid- state devices. Phase change materials (PCMs) undergo rapid and drastic changes of their optical properties upon switching from one crystallographic phase to another one. This peculiarity makes PCMs ideal candidates for a number of applications including sensors, active displays, photonic volatile and non-volatile memories for information storage and computer science and optoelectronic devices. This review analyzes different examples of PCMs, in particular germanium–antimonium tellurides and vanadium dioxide (VO(2)) and their applications in the above-mentioned fields, with a detailed discussion on potential, limitations and challenges. MDPI 2021-06-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8233899/ /pubmed/34205233 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14123396 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Stimuli-Responsive Phase Change Materials: Optical and Optoelectronic Applications
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title_short Stimuli-Responsive Phase Change Materials: Optical and Optoelectronic Applications
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8233899/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34205233
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14123396
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