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Rules of hierarchical melt and coordinate bond to design crystallization in doped phase change materials.

ABSTRACT: While alloy design has practically shown an efficient strategy to mediate two seemingly conflicted performances of writing speed and data retention in phase-change memory, the detailed kinetic pathway of alloy-tuned crystallization is still unclear. Here, we propose hierarchical melt and coordinate bond strategies to solve them, where the former stabilizes a medium-range crystal-like region and the latter provides a rule to stabilize amorphous. The Er_0.52Sb₂Te₃ compound we designed achieves writing speed of 3.2 ns and ten-year data retention of 161 °C. We provide a direct atomic-level evidence that two neighbor Er atoms stabilize a medium-range crystal-like region, acting as a precursor to accelerate crystallization; meanwhile, the stabilized amorphous originates from the formation of coordinate bonds by sharing lone-pair electrons of chalcogenide atoms with the empty 5d orbitals of Er atoms. The two rules pave the way for the development of storage-class memory with comprehensive performance to achieve next technological node.

SUBMITTER: Zhao J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8578292 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Rules of hierarchical melt and coordinate bond to design crystallization in doped phase change materials.

Zhao Jin J Song Wen-Xiong WX Xin Tianjiao T Song Zhitang Z

Nature communications 20211109 1

While alloy design has practically shown an efficient strategy to mediate two seemingly conflicted performances of writing speed and data retention in phase-change memory, the detailed kinetic pathway of alloy-tuned crystallization is still unclear. Here, we propose hierarchical melt and coordinate bond strategies to solve them, where the former stabilizes a medium-range crystal-like region and the latter provides a rule to stabilize amorphous. The Er0.52Sb2Te3 c ...[more]

PMID: 34753920

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