An intrinsic formation mechanism for midgap electronic states in semiconductor glasses

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Zhugayevych, Andriy ^a,b   Lubchenko, Vassiliy ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FORBIDDEN GAPS; FORMATION MECHANISM; FROZEN GLASS; GLASSFORMERS; QUENCHED LIQUID; QUENCHED MELTS; STRUCTURAL RECONFIGURATIONS; SUPERCOOLED MELT; TOPOLOGICAL STATE;

AMORPHOUS SEMICONDUCTORS; DOMAIN WALLS; ELECTRONIC STATES; GLASS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SPIN DYNAMICS; TOPOLOGY;

SEMICONDUCTING LIQUIDS;

EID: 75749112575     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3298989     Document Type: Article

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