Mechanism of amorphous phase stabilization in ultrathin films of monoatomic phase change material
Daniele Dragoni, Jörg Behler, Marco Bernasconi
Abstract
Large scale atomistic simulations with an interatomic potential generated by a machine learning method have been exploited to study the crystallization of Sb in ultrathin films.
Topics & Concepts
Materials scienceCrystallizationAmorphous solidMonatomic gasPhase (matter)Chemical physicsMechanism (biology)Phase changeAtomic unitsNanotechnologyChemical engineeringCrystallographyChemistryThermodynamicsPhysicsQuantum mechanicsEngineeringOrganic chemistryPhase-change materials and chalcogenidesMaterial Dynamics and PropertiesAdvanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices