Vassalini Irene, Alessandri Ivano, de Ceglia Domenico
INSTM, Research Unit of Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy.
Department of Information Engineering, University of Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy.
Materials (Basel). 2021 Jun 19;14(12):3396. doi: 10.3390/ma14123396.
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) and their applications in the above-mentioned fields, with a detailed discussion on potential, limitations and challenges.
刺激响应材料在固态器件制造中提供了多种可能性。相变材料(PCM)在从一种晶体相转变为另一种晶体相时,其光学性质会发生快速而剧烈的变化。这种特性使PCM成为许多应用的理想候选材料,包括传感器、有源显示器、用于信息存储和计算机科学的光子易失性和非易失性存储器以及光电器件。本综述分析了PCM的不同实例,特别是锗锑碲化物和二氧化钒(VO)及其在上述领域的应用,并详细讨论了其潜力、局限性和挑战。