Device-scale atomistic modelling of phase-change memory materials

Y Zhou, W Zhang, E Ma, VL Deringer - Nature Electronics, 2023 - nature.com
Computer simulations can play a central role in the understanding of phase-change
materials and the development of advanced memory technologies. However, direct quantum …

Non-volatile tunable optics by design: from chalcogenide phase-change materials to device structures

D Wang, L Zhao, S Yu, X Shen, JJ Wang, C Hu… - Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
Integration of chalcogenide phase-change materials (PCMs) with planar multilayer
structures, metasurfaces, waveguides and photonic integrated circuits has sparked …

Amorphous solid dispersions: Stability mechanism, design strategy and key production technique of hot melt extrusion

J Han, M Tang, Y Yang, W Sun, Z Yue, Y Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solid dispersion (SD) system has been used as an effective formulation strategy to increase
in vitro and in vivo performances of poorly water-soluble drugs, such as …

Unravelling the amorphous structure and crystallization mechanism of GeTe phase change memory materials

S Wintersteller, O Yarema, D Kumaar… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The reversible phase transitions in phase-change memory devices can switch on the order
of nanoseconds, suggesting a close structural resemblance between the amorphous and …

Unraveling Crystallization Mechanisms and Electronic Structure of Phase‐Change Materials by Large‐Scale Ab Initio Simulations

Y Xu, Y Zhou, XD Wang, W Zhang, E Ma… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Ge–Sb–Te (“GST”) alloys are leading phase‐change materials for digital memories
and neuro‐inspired computing. Upon fast crystallization, these materials form rocksalt‐like …

Toward the Speed Limit of Phase‐Change Memory

J Shen, W Song, K Ren, Z Song, P Zhou… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Phase‐change memory (PCM) is one of the most promising candidates for next‐generation
data‐storage technology, the programming speed of which has enhanced within a timescale …

Highly tunable β-relaxation enables the tailoring of crystallization in phase-change materials

Y Cheng, Q Yang, J Wang, T Dimitriadis… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract In glasses, secondary (β-) relaxations are the predominant source of atomic
dynamics. Recently, they have been discovered in covalently bonded glasses, ie …

Grain boundary sliding and distortion on a nanosecond timescale induce trap states in CsPbBr 3: ab initio investigation with machine learning force field

D Liu, Y Wu, AS Vasenko, OV Prezhdo - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Grain boundaries (GBs) in perovskite solar cells and optoelectronic devices are widely
regarded as detrimental defects that accelerate charge and energy losses through …

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 …