Local Structural Origin of the Crystallization Tendency of Pure and Alloyed Sb

  • Ider Ronneberger
  • , Yuhan Chen
  • , Wei Zhang
  • , Riccardo Mazzarello

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Abstract

Phase change materials are highly important for technological applications in data storage. This work is focused on the family of phase-change materials comprising antimony alloys. The crystallization of amorphous models of Sb, Ge 15 Sb 85 , and In 15 Sb 85 generated by simulated quenching from the melt is investigated. The structural properties of these alloys are also analyzed and their crystallization kinetics is elucidated in terms of the local structural motifs.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1800552
JournalPhysica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters
Volume13
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2019

Keywords

  • ab initio molecular dynamics simulations
  • phase-change materials

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