# Dependence of nonthermal metallization kinetics on bond ionicity of compounds

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Authors: R.A. Voronkov, N. Medvedev, A.E. Volkov

Published: 2020-03-19T16:22:14.000Z

## Abstract

It is known that covalently bonded materials undergo nonthermal structure transformations upon ultrafast excitation of an electronic system, whereas metals exhibit phonon hardening. Here we study how ionic bonds react to electronic excitation. Density-functional molecular dynamics predicts that ionic crystals may melt nonthermally, however, into an electronically insulating state, in contrast to covalent materials. We demonstrate that the band gap behavior during nonthermal transitions depends on a bonding type: it is harder to collapse the band gap in more ionic compounds, which is illustrated by transformations in Y2O3 vs. NaCl, LiF and KBr.

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.08887>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/2003.08887.pdf>)