Ab initio computer simulation of the early stages of crystallization: Application to Ge2Sb2Te5 phase-change materials

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 107, Issue 14, 2011, Pages

  Lee, T H ^a   Elliott, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO; AMORPHOUS PHASE; CLASSICAL NUCLEATION THEORY; CRITICAL CRYSTAL NUCLEUS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; GE-SB-TE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; ONSET-TIME; PHASE CHANGES; PLANAR STRUCTURE; STOCHASTIC DISTRIBUTION; ULTRA-FAST;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; GERMANIUM; GROWTH (MATERIALS); PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 80053209383     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.145702     Document Type: Article

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