A neural network interatomic potential for the phase change material   GeTe
  GeTe is a prototypical phase change material of high interest for applications in optical and electronic non-volatile memories. We present an interatomic potential for the bulk phases of GeTe, which is created using a neural network (NN) representation of the potential-energy surface obtained from reference calculations based on density functional theory. It is demonstrated that the NN potential provides a close to ab initio quality description of a number of properties of liquid, crystalline and amorphous GeTe. The availability of a reliable classical potential allows addressing a number of issues of interest for the technological applications of phase change materials, which are presently beyond the capability of first principles molecular dynamics simulations. 
Gabriele C. Sosso (1), Giacomo Miceli (1), Sebastiano Caravati (2),   J\"org Behler (3), and Marco Bernasconi (1) ((1) Dipar...
cond-mat.mtrl-sci cond-mat.dis-nn