[HTML][HTML] Thermodynamics and kinetics of glassy and liquid phase-change materials

N Amini, J Pries, Y Cheng, C Persch, M Wuttig… - Materials Science in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Phase-change memory is a promising nonvolatile memory technology based on a special
class of functional materials− phase-change materials (PCMs). PCMs can be reversibly …

Suppressing Structural Relaxation in Nanoscale Antimony to Enable Ultralow‐Drift Phase‐Change Memory Applications

B Chen, XP Wang, F Jiao, L Ning, J Huang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Phase‐change random‐access memory (PCRAM) devices suffer from pronounced
resistance drift originating from considerable structural relaxation of phase‐change …

Unraveling the crystallization kinetics of the Ge2Sb2Te5 phase change compound with a machine-learned interatomic potential

O Abou El Kheir, L Bonati, M Parrinello… - npj Computational …, 2024 - nature.com
The phase change compound Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST225) is exploited in advanced non-volatile
electronic memories and in neuromorphic devices which both rely on a fast and reversible …

Pressure-induced reversal of Peierls-like distortions elicits the polyamorphic transition in GeTe and GeSe

T Fujita, Y Chen, Y Kono, S Takahashi, H Kasai… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
While polymorphism is prevalent in crystalline solids, polyamorphism draws increasing
interest in various types of amorphous solids. Recent studies suggested that supercooling of …

Fragile‐to‐Strong Transition in Phase‐Change Material Ge3Sb6Te5

J Pries, H Weber, J Benke‐Jacob… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Chalcogenide phase‐change materials combine a remarkable set of properties that makes
them promising candidates for future non‐volatile memory applications. Binary data storage …

Impact of the local atomic structure on the thermal conductivity of amorphous Ge2Sb2Te5

M Guerboub, SD Wansi Wendji, C Massobrio… - The Journal of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Thermal properties are expected to be sensitive to the network topology, and however, no
clearcut information is available on how the thermal conductivity of amorphous systems is …

Evolution of Short‐Range Order of Amorphous GeTe Upon Structural Relaxation Obtained by TEM Diffractometry and RMC Methods

C Stenz, J Pries, TW Surta, MW Gaultois… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Glasses frequently reveal structural relaxation that leads to changes in their physical
properties including enthalpy, specific volume, and resistivity. Analyzing the short‐range …

Structure and Crystallization Kinetics of As‐Deposited Films of the GeTe Phase Change Compound from Atomistic Simulations

S Perego, D Dragoni, S Gabardi… - physica status solidi …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Models of the amorphous phase of the GeTe compound have been generated by depositing
individual atoms on a substrate by molecular dynamics simulations. This material is of …

Photoelectrochemical sensors based on heterogeneous nanostructures for in vitro diagnostics

S Cao, Z Xie, G Xiao, X Sun, H Diao, X Zhou… - … and Bioelectronics: X, 2022 - Elsevier
In vitro diagnostics with biochemical sensors are one of the most important technologies for
medical diagnosis and the examination of human health. With the improvement of people's …

Atomistic Study of the Configurational Entropy and the Fragility of Supercooled Liquid GeTe

Y Chen, D Campi, M Bernasconi… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Phase‐change materials (PCMs) are an important family of alloys employed in non‐volatile
memories and neuromorphic devices. These devices exploit the ability of PCMs to undergo …