Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: Chalcogenide alloys are materials of interest for optical recording and nonvolatile memories. We perform ab initio molecular dynamics simulations aiming at shading light onto the structure of amorphous Ge2Sb2Te5 (GST), the prototypical material in this class. First principles simulations show that amorphous GST obtained by quenching from the liquid phase displays two types of short range order. One third of Ge atoms are in a tetrahedral environment while the remaining Ge, Sb, and Te atoms display a defective octahedral environment, reminiscent of cubic crystalline GST.
Source: Applied Physics Letters
DOI: 10.1063/1.2801626
Language: English
Subfield: Materials Chemistry
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2002761831