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SUBMITTER: Zhang W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4185410 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Wei W Ronneberger Ider I Zalden Peter P Xu Ming M Salinga Martin M Wuttig Matthias M Mazzarello Riccardo R
Scientific reports 20141006
Phase-change materials are technologically important due to their manifold applications in data storage. Here we report on ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of crystallization of the phase change material Ag4In3Sb67Te26 (AIST). We show that, at high temperature, the observed crystal growth mechanisms and crystallization speed are in good agreement with experimental data. We provide an in-depth understanding of the crystallization mechanisms at the atomic level. At temperatures below 550 K ...[more]