DOI: 10.1063/1.3675635. Enhanced crystallization of GeTe from an Sb2Te3 template

Enhanced crystallization of GeTe from an Sb2Te3 template

10.1063/1.3675635

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Abstract

Crystalline Sb2Te3 templates reduce the crystallization time of the phase change material GeTe by four orders of magnitude to 20 ns. Structural measurements and density functional theory molecular dynamics atomistic modeling show that this reduction is a direct consequence of textured crystal growth from a plane of octahedral crystal nucleation centers. The nucleation template serves to reduce the crystallization activation energy by 2.6 eV allowing crystallization to proceed at a temperature 95 °C lower than that of the untemplated GeTe film.

Bibliography

Simpson, R. E., Fons, P., Kolobov, A. V., Krbal, M., & Tominaga, J. (2012). Enhanced crystallization of GeTe from an Sb2Te3 template. Applied Physics Letters, 100(2).

Authors 5

R. E. Simpson (first)
P. Fons (additional)
A. V. Kolobov (additional)
M. Krbal (additional)
J. Tominaga (additional)

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Type	When
Created	13 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 12, 2012, 10:27 p.m.)
Deposited	2 years ago (July 30, 2023, 8:47 p.m.)
Indexed	3 weeks, 6 days ago (July 30, 2025, 6:57 a.m.)
Issued	13 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 9, 2012)
Published	13 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 9, 2012)
Published Online	13 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 12, 2012)
Published Print	13 years, 7 months ago (Jan. 9, 2012)

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BibTeX

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