Issue 36, 2017

GeTe: a simple compound blessed with a plethora of properties

Abstract

GeTe is a rather unconventional and complex compound from a fundamental point of view considering its very simple stoichiometry. Within this review, we first discuss the crystal structure of GeTe, focusing our attention on the bonding mechanism and on the distortion of the unit cell. This distortion is responsible for the ferroelectric properties of GeTe that are also considered here. Furthermore, we describe the amorphous phase and review the phase change material properties resorting to examples from several GeTe based alloys. Finally we examine the usage of GeTe for spintronics, a fairly recent application field.

Graphical abstract: GeTe: a simple compound blessed with a plethora of properties

Article information

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Submitted
02 Qas 2017
Accepted
17 Leq 2017
First published
17 Leq 2017

CrystEngComm, 2017,19, 5324-5335

GeTe: a simple compound blessed with a plethora of properties

J. E. Boschker, R. Wang and R. Calarco, CrystEngComm, 2017, 19, 5324 DOI: 10.1039/C7CE01040K

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