Electronic structure and the glass transition in pnictide and chalcogenide semiconductor alloys. I. the formation of the pp-network

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 133, Issue 23, 2010, Pages

  Zhugayevych, Andriy ^a   Lubchenko, Vassiliy ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHALCOGENIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; CHALCOGENS; COVALENTLY BONDED; HIGH SYMMETRY; INTRINSIC ELECTRONICS; MOLECULAR LEVELS; OCTAHEDRAL COORDINATION; ORBITALS; PNICTIDES; STRAIN REGION; STRUCTURAL EXCITATION; STRUCTURAL MODELS; WEAK BOND; ATOMIC MOTION; BONDING PATTERNS; COORDINATION DEFECTS; ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; HOMOPOLAR BONDS; LIMITING CASE; PARENT STRUCTURE; QUENCHED MELTS; SIMPLE-CUBIC LATTICES; TRANSITION STATE;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GLASS; MODEL STRUCTURES; CHALCOGENIDES; DEFECTS; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; PHASE CHANGE MEMORY;

GLASS TRANSITION;

EID: 78650699612     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3511707     Document Type: Article

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