Ultrafast isothermal measurement of time-temperature-transition curve for critical nucleation in amorphous matrix

Hao-De Dong; Ming-Xi Chen; Peng Zhang; Ming-Yang Qin; Mei Shen; X.-D. Xiang

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Ultrafast isothermal measurement of time-temperature-transition curve for critical nucleation in amorphous matrix

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Institute of Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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College of Integrated Circuits, Shenzhen Polytechnic University, Shenzhen 518052, China
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Institute of Physics, National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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These authors contributed equally

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Corresponding authors: shenm@mail.sustech.edu.cn (M.S.); xdxiang@iphy.ac.cn (X.X.)
Received Date: April 15, 2025

Accepted Date: September 16, 2025

Published Online: October 11, 2025

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1. Ultrafast isothermal laser treatment shortens phase transition probing time by three orders of magnitude.
  
  Whether amorphous phases show a clear solid-liquid transition is a crucial 21^st-century scientific question.
  
  Theoretical model extracts T₀—the boundary between amorphous liquid and solid for most materials.

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The “nature of glassy substance”, one of the top ten physics challenges of the century, requires understanding of non-equilibrium amorphous-to-crystalline phase transitions. The Time-Temperature-Transition (TTT) curve defines the critical phase transition conditions and offers a systematic framework to address this question. However, current TTT curve measurements are constrained by low heating rates (< 10⁶ K/s), which limit data acquisition for most materials. This study developed an innovative pulsed laser isothermal heating method for in-depth TTT curve characterization. Heating rates exceeding 10¹¹K/s and isothermal durations ranging from 10⁻⁹ s to 10⁻⁵ s were achieved. A comprehensive Time–Temperature–Transition (TTT) curve, featuring a nose time $ {t}_{N}^{*} $ as short as 8 × 10⁻⁸ s, for the prototype phase-change memory material Ge₂Sb₂Te₅, was experimentally constructed, and key non-equilibrium thermodynamic properties were derived through quantitative TTT curve model analysis. Notably, the transition temperature $ {T}_{0} $, which marks the quantitative boundary between the amorphous liquid phase and the amorphous solid phase, has been precisely determined for Ge₂Sb₂Te₅ as 206.54 K.

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