Ebook: Physical Properties of Amorphous Materials
- Tags: Solid State Physics, Spectroscopy and Microscopy, Condensed Matter Physics, Crystallography, Electrical Engineering, Optical and Electronic Materials
- Series: Institute for Amorphous Studies Series
- Year: 1985
- Publisher: Springer US
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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The Institute for Amorphous Studies was founded in 1982 as the international center for the investigation of amorphous mate rials. It has since played an important role in promoting the und er standing of disordered matter in general. An Institute lecture series on "Fundamentals of Amorphous Materials and Devices" was held during 1982-83 with distinguished speakers from universities and industry. These events were free and open to the public ,and were attended by many representatives of the scientific community. The lectures themselves were highly successful inasmuch as they provided not only formal instruction but also an opportunity for vigorous and stimulating debate. That last element could not be captured within the pages of a book I but the lectures concentrated on the latest advances in the field I which is why their essential contents are he re reproduced in collective form. Together they constitute an interdisciplinary status report of the field. The speakers brought many different viewpoints and a variety of back ground experiences io bear on the problems involved I but though language and conventions vary I the essential unity of the concerns is very clear I as indeed are the ultimate benefits of the many-sided approach.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction....Pages 1-4
Chemistry and Physics of Covalent Amorphous Semiconductors....Pages 5-103
Fundamentals of Amorphous Materials....Pages 105-155
The Constraint of Discord....Pages 157-169
Structural Studies of Amorphous Materials....Pages 171-200
EXAFS of Disordered Systems....Pages 201-219
M?ssbauer Spectroscopy—A Rewarding Probe of Morphological Structure of Semiconducting Glasses....Pages 221-260
Dislocation Mediated Pseudo-Melting at Silicon-Metal Interfaces....Pages 261-275
Vibrational Properties of Amorphous Solids....Pages 277-312
Density of States in Noncrystalline Solids....Pages 313-341
Problems Relating to the Electronic Structure of Amorphous Semiconductors....Pages 343-359
Nonequilibrium Transport Processes in Amorphous and Other Low Conductivity Materials....Pages 361-379
The Peculiar Motion of Electrons in Amorphous Semiconductors....Pages 381-396
Geminate Recombination and Injection Currents: Diagnostics for Extended State Mobility....Pages 397-421
Light-Induced Effects in Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Alloys....Pages 423-438
Back Matter....Pages 439-443
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction....Pages 1-4
Chemistry and Physics of Covalent Amorphous Semiconductors....Pages 5-103
Fundamentals of Amorphous Materials....Pages 105-155
The Constraint of Discord....Pages 157-169
Structural Studies of Amorphous Materials....Pages 171-200
EXAFS of Disordered Systems....Pages 201-219
M?ssbauer Spectroscopy—A Rewarding Probe of Morphological Structure of Semiconducting Glasses....Pages 221-260
Dislocation Mediated Pseudo-Melting at Silicon-Metal Interfaces....Pages 261-275
Vibrational Properties of Amorphous Solids....Pages 277-312
Density of States in Noncrystalline Solids....Pages 313-341
Problems Relating to the Electronic Structure of Amorphous Semiconductors....Pages 343-359
Nonequilibrium Transport Processes in Amorphous and Other Low Conductivity Materials....Pages 361-379
The Peculiar Motion of Electrons in Amorphous Semiconductors....Pages 381-396
Geminate Recombination and Injection Currents: Diagnostics for Extended State Mobility....Pages 397-421
Light-Induced Effects in Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Alloys....Pages 423-438
Back Matter....Pages 439-443
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