Amorphous Insulators and Semiconductors

Abstract

Preface. 1: Glass Formation. Strong and Fragile Liquids Glass Transitions and Polyamorphic Transitions in Covalently Bonded Glassformers C.A. Angell. Kinetics of Glass Formation I. Gutzov, A. Dobreva. Chalcogenide Glasses M.T. Mora. Synthesis, Structure and Some Modes of Application of New Chalcogenide and Chalco-Halide Glasses of Silver M. Mitkova. 2: Structure. X-Ray and Neutron Diffraction: Experimental Techniques and Data Analysis A.C. Wright. Computer Modelling of Glasses and Glassy Alloys N. Mousseau. Molecular Dynamics Methods and Large-Scale Simulations of Amorphous Materials P. Vashishta, et al. Reverse Monte Carlo Simulations for Determining Disordered Structures: Basics and Application for Amorphous Semiconductors L. Pusztai. Reverse Monte Carlo Simulations of Glasses - Practical Aspects N. Zotov. A Thermodynamic Model for the Calculation of the Physical Properties and Structural Characteristics of Glasses and Melts N.M. Vedishcheva, et al. High Resolution and Multidimensional Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Probes of Glass Structure J.W. Zwanziger, et al. Porous Silica: Model Fractal Materials, their Structures and their Vibrations E. Courtens, R. Vacher. 3: Vibrational States and Elasticity. The Structure and Mechanical Properties of Networks M.F. Thorpe, et al. The Elastic Moduli of Random Networks: Calculations A.R. Day. One-Fold Coordinated Atoms, Constraint Theory and Nano-Indentation Hardness P. Boolchand, et al. Silicates and Soft Modes M.T. Dove. Vibrational Dynamics in Glasses C. Levelut, et al. Optical Studies of Nanophase Titania R.J. Gonzalez, R. Zallen. 4: Electronic Properties and Defects. Electronic Structure Methods with Applications to Amorphous Semiconductors D.A. Drabold. Amorphous Silicon: Defects and Disorder G.J. Andriaenssens. Tunneling States S. Hunklinger. Electronic Structure of Amorphous Insulators and Semiconductors by X-Ray Photoelectron and Soft X-Ray Spectroscopies C. Senemaud. Participants. Index.