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Local Structural Origin of the Crystallization Tendency of Pure and Alloyed Sb
Author(s) -
Ronneberger Ider,
Chen Yuhan,
Zhang Wei,
Mazzarello Riccardo
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
physica status solidi (rrl) – rapid research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.786
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1862-6270
pISSN - 1862-6254
DOI - 10.1002/pssr.201800552
Subject(s) - crystallization , antimony , materials science , quenching (fluorescence) , amorphous solid , phase (matter) , kinetics , work (physics) , phase change , crystallography , thermodynamics , chemical engineering , chemical physics , metallurgy , chemistry , fluorescence , physics , optics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , engineering
Phase change materials are highly important for technological applications in data storage. This work is focused on the family of phase‐change materials comprising antimony alloys. The crystallization of amorphous models of Sb, Ge 15 Sb 85 , and In 15 Sb 85 generated by simulated quenching from the melt is investigated. The structural properties of these alloys are also analyzed and their crystallization kinetics is elucidated in terms of the local structural motifs.