Non-crystalline oxides and chalcogenides: A new paradigm based on Ab initio quantum chemistry calculations for short range order and properties, and bond-onstraint theory for network connectivity, network disruption and chemical phase separation

Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1691-1706

  Lucovsky, G ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ab initio calculations; Bond constraint theory; Chalcogenide alloys; Chemical phase separation; Continuous random networks; Floppy and stressed rigid films; Intermediate phases; Network disruption and modification; Silicates; SiO2 alloys

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CALCULATIONS; CHALCOGENIDES; CHEMICAL BONDS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; GATE DIELECTRICS; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; GLASS; GLASS BONDING; OXIDE FILMS; PHASE SEPARATION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SILICA; SILICATES; SILICON ALLOYS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; BOND CONSTRAINT THEORIES; CHALCOGENIDE ALLOY; CONTINUOUS RANDOM NETWORKS; INTERMEDIATE PHASIS; NETWORK DISRUPTIONS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 24644486132     PISSN: 14544164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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