Ebook: Disorder and Order in the Solid State: Concepts and Devices

This Festschrift is an outgrowth of a collection of papers presented as a conference in honor of Professor Heinz K. Henisch on his sixty-fifth birthday held at the Institute for Amorphous Studies. Bloomfield Hills. Michigan. It is our great pleasure to be editors of the Festschrift volume to honor Heinz and his work. Professor Henisch has a long and distinguished career and has many accomplishments in semiconductor materials and devices. He has made seminal contributions to the understanding of semiconductor switching devices and contact properties. He has an outstandin~ reputation as an expositor of science. His seminars and lectures are always deep. lucid and witty. He received his doctorate in Physics from the University of Reading and then joined the faculty. In 1963. he accepted a position in the Department of Physics at Pennsylvania State University. While at Penn State. Dr. Henisch broadened his research interest to include the History of Photography. At the present time. Dr. Henisch holds parallel appointments as a Professor of Physics and a Professor of the History of Photography at Pennsylvania State University. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society. the Institute of Physics. London. the Royal Photographic society and is a Corresponding Member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Photographie. In addition to his considerable publication in the fields of physics and the history of photography. Dr. Henisch is the founder and editor of the Journal of the History of Photography published quarterly by Taylor and Francis. Ltd .. London.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Mobility of Electrons in Non-Crystalline Materials....Pages 7-9
Metastable Nonlinear Conductance Phenomena in Amorphous Semiconductor Multilayers....Pages 11-22
Recent Developments in Ovonic Threshold Switching Device Technology....Pages 23-43
Amorphous Chalcogenide Microwave Switches....Pages 45-51
Switching and Memory Effects in Thin Amorphous Chalcogenide Films — Thermophonic Studies....Pages 53-66
Interpretation of Recent On-State and Previous Negative Capacitance Data in Threshold Chalcogenide Amorphous Switch....Pages 67-75
Carrier Injection Into Low Lifetime (Relaxation) Semiconductors....Pages 77-95
A Semiconductor Model for Electronic Threshold Switching....Pages 97-99
Proper Capacitance Modeling for Devices with Distributed Space Charge....Pages 101-117
On the Impedance Calculation of Thick MIM Barriers....Pages 119-129
Dielectric Behaviour of Amorphous Thin Films....Pages 131-141
A Personal Adventure in Stereochemistry Local Order and Defects: Models for Room-Temperature Superconductivity....Pages 143-178
Phenomenology of Antiamorphous Order....Pages 179-199
Piezoresistivity in Semiconducting Ferroelectrics....Pages 201-226
Domain Patterns in Helical Magnets....Pages 227-233
Silicon Nitride Films Formed with DC-Magnetron Reactive Sputtering....Pages 235-246
Optical Fibers For Infrared From Vitreous Ge-Sn-Se....Pages 247-254
Back Matter....Pages 255-261

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Mobility of Electrons in Non-Crystalline Materials....Pages 7-9
Metastable Nonlinear Conductance Phenomena in Amorphous Semiconductor Multilayers....Pages 11-22
Recent Developments in Ovonic Threshold Switching Device Technology....Pages 23-43
Amorphous Chalcogenide Microwave Switches....Pages 45-51
Switching and Memory Effects in Thin Amorphous Chalcogenide Films — Thermophonic Studies....Pages 53-66
Interpretation of Recent On-State and Previous Negative Capacitance Data in Threshold Chalcogenide Amorphous Switch....Pages 67-75
Carrier Injection Into Low Lifetime (Relaxation) Semiconductors....Pages 77-95
A Semiconductor Model for Electronic Threshold Switching....Pages 97-99
Proper Capacitance Modeling for Devices with Distributed Space Charge....Pages 101-117
On the Impedance Calculation of Thick MIM Barriers....Pages 119-129
Dielectric Behaviour of Amorphous Thin Films....Pages 131-141
A Personal Adventure in Stereochemistry Local Order and Defects: Models for Room-Temperature Superconductivity....Pages 143-178
Phenomenology of Antiamorphous Order....Pages 179-199
Piezoresistivity in Semiconducting Ferroelectrics....Pages 201-226
Domain Patterns in Helical Magnets....Pages 227-233
Silicon Nitride Films Formed with DC-Magnetron Reactive Sputtering....Pages 235-246
Optical Fibers For Infrared From Vitreous Ge-Sn-Se....Pages 247-254
Back Matter....Pages 255-261
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