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Using in situ x-ray diffraction, we demonstrate a pressure-induced crystallization of as-deposited amorphous Ge2Sb2Te5 (a-GST) into a body-centered-cubic (bcc) solid solution at 28 GPa, and the back transformation from the bcc-GST to a-GST. A large hysteresis loop was observed, as the bcc-GST was retained until 15 GPa. Comparisons have been made, employing the x-ray data and the structural information obtained from ab initio molecular dynamics simulations, between the as-deposited a-GST and the a-GST obtained from the pressure-induced collapse of the rocksalt GST, both at a high hydrostatic pressure (20 GPa) prior to their crystallization to bcc. The results suggest that both routes have resulted in the same high-pressure amorphous state, which explains their crystallization into bcc-GST at similar pressures. (C) 2010 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3493110]
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JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
ISSN: 0021-8979
Year: 2010
Issue: 8
Volume: 108
3 . 2 0 0
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ESI Discipline: PHYSICS;
JCR Journal Grade:2
CAS Journal Grade:3
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WoS CC Cited Count: 28
SCOPUS Cited Count: 32
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30 Days PV: 13
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