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Exploiting and taming the structural instability for computer memories

A phase-change material enables in-memory computing by well-controlled multilevel switching without resistance drift.

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Greer, A.L. Exploiting and taming the structural instability for computer memories. Nat. Mater. (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-026-02481-1

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