Structure of liquid phase change material AgInSbTe from density functional/molecular dynamics simulations

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 25, 2009, Pages

  Akola, J ^a,b,c   Jones, R O ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGINSBTE; DYNAMICS SIMULATION; EFFECTIVE CHARGE; FUNCTIONAL SIMULATIONS; HIGH ENERGY X-RAY DIFFRACTION; LIQUID PHASE; MEDIUM RANGE ORDER; MOBILE ELEMENTS; OCTAHEDRAL COORDINATION; PAIR DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; STRUCTURE FACTORS; STRUCTURE OF LIQUIDS;

BUOYANCY; LIQUIDS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SILVER; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

EID: 67649506332     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3157166     Document Type: Article

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