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The pronounced temperature dependence of crystal-growth speed in phase-change materials not only rationalizes their favourable characteristics for non-volatile memory applications, but also suggests a profound new insight into their fundamental properties.

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Figure 1: Crystal-growth speeds.

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  1. Matthias Wuttig and Martin Salinga are at I. Physikalisches Institut (IA) and JARA-FIT, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany,

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