Bonding similarities and differences between Y–Sb–Te and Sc–Sb–Te phase-change memory materials
Yuxing Zhou, L. Sun, Getasew Mulualem Zewdie, Riccardo Mazzarello, Volker L. Deringer, E. Ma, Wei Zhang
Abstract
The bonding contrast between Y–Sb–Te and Sc–Sb–Te phase-change memory materials, rendering the two alloys for different types of memory applications, is clarified through orbital-based chemical bonding analyses and structural similarity kernels.
Topics & Concepts
Materials sciencePhase-change memoryShape-memory alloyPhase changeChemical bondCrystallographyAntimonyNanotechnologyMetallurgyEngineering physicsLayer (electronics)PhysicsChemistryQuantum mechanicsPhase-change materials and chalcogenidesChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin FilmsTransition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials