Semiconducting Chalcogenide Glass I (eBook)

Cover 1
Copyright Page 5
Contents 8
List of Contributors 12
Preface 14
Chapter 1. Glass-Formation in Chalcogenide Systems and Periodic System 16
1. Introduction 16
2. Main Regularity of Glass-Formation in Chalcogenide Systems and Its Infringements 17
3. Criteria of Glass-Formation. Factors Affecting Glass-Formation 19
4. Structural–Energetic Concept of Glass-Formation in Chalcogenide Systems 24
5. Conclusion 58
References 60
Chapter 2. Atomic Structure and Structural Modification of Glass 66
1. Structural Characteristics of Solid 66
2. Short-Range and Medium-Range Orders 67
3. Investigation Methods of Disordered System Structure 70
4. The Results of Structural Research of Glassy Semiconductors 81
5. Structural Modification of Non-Crystalline Semiconductors 97
References 107
Chapter 3. Eutectoidal Concept of Glass Structure and Its Application in Chalcogenide Semiconductor Glasses 112
1. The Role of Stable Electronic Configurations in the Creation of a Glass-Forming Ability of Chalcogenide Alloys 112
2. Features of Chemical Bonds in Chalcogenide Vitreous Semiconductors 119
3. Geometrical and Topological Aspects of Structure Formation in Chalcogenide Semiconductor Glasses 126
4. Stable and Metastable Phase Equilibriums in Chalcogenide Systems 129
5. Eutectoidal Model of Glassy State of Substance 136
6. Experimental Proof of the Eutectoidal Nature of Glasses 139
7. Physicochemical Analysis of Vitreous Semiconductor Chalcogenide Systems 143
References 149
Chapter 4. Concept of Polymeric Polymorphous-Crystalloid Structure of Glass and Chalcogenide Systems: Structure and Relaxation of Liquid and Glass 154
1. General Observations on Glass Formation 154
2. Main Concept of Glass Structure 155
3. Relation Between Glass Formation and Polymorphism in One-Component Glass 156
4. Short-Range Order Definition and Its Consequences 158
5. Main Theses of the Concept of Polymeric Polymorphous-Crystalloid Structure of One-Component Glass and Glass-Forming Liquid (CPPCSGL) 161
6. Influence of Polymorphous-Crystalloid Structure on Properties and Relaxation Processes in One-Component Chalcogenide Glass and Glass-Forming Liquid 163
7. Nanoheteromorphism in Ge–Se and S–Se Glass-Forming Systems 178
8. Conclusions 187
References 190
Chapter 5. Photo-Induced Transformations in Glass 196
1. Irreversible Modifications 197
2. Reversible Modifications 210
References 224
Chapter 6. Radiation-Induced Effects in Chalcogenide Vitreous Semiconductors 230
1. Introduction 230
2. Historical Overview of the Problem 231
3. Methodology of RIEs Observation 234
4. Remarkable Features of RIEs 236
5. Microstructural Nature of RIEs 256
6. Some Practical Applications of RIEs 268
7. Final Remarks 270
References 270
Index 276
Contents of Volumes in This Series 284