The focus of the presentation is transition metal chalcogenides of different structure types and different thermal behavior and its implications for the growth of highly textured films. (solarfuelshub.org)
«These include metal chalcogenides such as the mineral pentlandite, which is just as efficient as platinum and is also significantly more stable towards catalyst poisons such as sulphur,» explains Ulf - Peter Apfel. (sciencedaily.com)
These join slightly more mature — yet still unproven — universal memories such as magnetoresistive RAM (MRAM), which uses magnetic polarization to store information permanently on a device's microprocessor, and «phase change» memory, which stores data in a glassy substance called chalcogenide as it is heated and its atoms are rearranged. (scientificamerican.com)