Unravelling the mechanism of pressure induced amorphization of phase change materials

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 20, 2009, Pages

  Caravati, S ^a,b   Bernasconi, M ^a   Kuhne T D ^b   Krack, M ^c   Parrinello, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; AMORPHOUS PHASE; ATOMISTIC MECHANISM; CONCENTRATION OF; CRYSTALLINE AXIS; GE2SB2TE5; PRESSURE-INDUCED AMORPHIZATION; STOICHIOMETRIC VACANCIES; TOPOLOGICAL DEFECT;

AMORPHIZATION; DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 66049151209     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.205502     Document Type: Article

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