Disordered Materials: Science and Technology

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction....Pages 1-7
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Reversible Electrical Switching Phenomena in Disordered Structures....Pages 11-13
Simple Band Model for Amorphous Semiconductor Alloys....Pages 14-16
Reversible Conductivity Transformations in Chalcogenide Alloy Films....Pages 17-22
Structural Studies of Amorphous Semiconductors....Pages 23-26
Reflectivity Studies of the Te(Ge,As)-Based Amorphous Semiconductor in the Conducting and Insulating States....Pages 27-29
Analog Models for Information Storage and Transmission in Physiological Systems....Pages 30-33
Rapid Reversible Light-Induced Crystallization of Amorphous Semiconductors....Pages 34-37
Three Dimensional Model of Structure and Electronic Properties of Chalcogenide Glasses....Pages 38-40
Localized States in the Gap of Amorphous Semiconductors....Pages 41-44
Lone-Pair Relationships and the Origin of Excited States in Amorphous Chalcogenides....Pages 45-47
Chemical Modification of Amorphous Chalcogenides....Pages 48-50
Optical and Electronic Properties of Modified Amorphous Materials....Pages 51-53
Local Structure, Bonding, and Electronic Properties of Covalent Amorphous Semiconductors....Pages 54-63
A New Amorphous Silicon-Based Alloy for Electronic Applications....Pages 64-65
Threshold Switching in Chalcogenide-Glass Thin Films....Pages 66-87
Properties of Amorphous Si:F:H Alloys....Pages 88-93
Electroreflectance and Raman Scattering Investigation of Glow-Discharge Amorphous Si:F:H....Pages 94-98
The Nature of Intermediate Range Order in Si:F:H:(P) Alloy Systems....Pages 99-101
Correlation Between the Superconducting and Normal State Properties of Amorphous Molybdenum-Silicon Alloys....Pages 102-105
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Superconducting Properties of Amorphous Multilayer Metal-Semiconductor Composites....Pages 106-109
Superconducting Properties of Sputtered Mo-C Films with Columnar Microstructure....Pages 110-113
The Role of Free Radicals in the Formation of Amorphous Thin Films....Pages 114-119
Laser-Induced Fluorescence Detection of Reactive Intermediates in Diffusion Flames and in Glow-Discharge Deposition Reactors....Pages 120-121
Order Parameters in a -Si Systems....Pages 122-125
Passivation of Dangling Bonds in Amorphous Si and Ge by Gas Adsorption....Pages 126-131
Chemical Bond Approach to the Structures of Chalcogenide Glasses with Reversible Switching Properties....Pages 132-135
Critical Materials Parameters for the Development of Amorphous Silicon Alloys....Pages 136-143
Low Pressure Microwave Glow Discharge Process for High Deposition Rate Amorphous Silicon Alloy....Pages 144-146
Basic Anticrystalline Chemical Bonding Configurations and Their Structural and Physical Implications....Pages 147-151
Superconductivity at 155 K....Pages 152-154
Superconductivity in Fluorinated Copper Oxide Ceramics....Pages 155-159
A Structural Chemical Model for High T c Ceramic Superconductors....Pages 160-166
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
Reversible Structural Transformations in Amorphous Semiconductors for Memory and Logic....Pages 169-173
Radiation Hardness of Ovonic Devices....Pages 174-183
Reversible High-Speed High-Resolution Imaging in Amorphous Semiconductors....Pages 184-187
Reversible Optical Effects in Amorphous Semiconductors....Pages 188-191
Imaging in Amorphous Materials by Structural Alteration....Pages 192-194
New Thin-Film Tunnel Triode Using Amorphous Semiconductors....Pages 195-197
Mechanism of Reversible Optical Storage in Evaporated Amorphous AsSe and Ge 10 As 40 Se 50 ....Pages 198-202
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
Solar Electricity Speeds Down to Earth....Pages 203-205
Amorphous Photovoltaic Cells....Pages 206-210
Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor Solar Cells Using Amorphous Si:F:H Alloys....Pages 211-213
Progress in Large Area Photovoltaic Devices Based on Amorphous Silicon Alloys....Pages 214-217
Amorphous Photovoltaics....Pages 218-226
The Breaking of the Efficiency-Stability-Production Barrier In Amorphous Photovoltaics....Pages 227-231
Amorphous Semiconductors for Microelectronics....Pages 232-237
Effects of Transition-Metal Elements on Tellurium Alloys for Reversible Optical-Data Storage....Pages 238-241
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
The Ovshinsky Switch....Pages 245-249
An Introduction to Ovonic Research....Pages 250-253
Amorphous Semiconductors for Switching, Memory, and Imaging Applications....Pages 254-268
Amorphous Materials as Interactive Systems....Pages 269-274
Amorphous Materials as Optical Information Media....Pages 275-279
The Shape of Disorder....Pages 280-286
The Chemistry of Glassy Materials and Their Relevance to Energy Conversion....Pages 287-292
Principles and Applications of Amorphicity, Structural Change, and Optical Information Encoding....Pages 293-299
The Chemical Basis of Amorphicity....Pages 300-306
Fundamentals of Amorphous Materials....Pages 307-323
Amorphous Materials—Past, Present, and Future....Pages 327-332
Chemistry and Structure in Amorphous Materials....Pages 333-342
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
Intuition and Quantum Chemistry....Pages 343-345
The Quantum Nature of Amorphous Solids....Pages 346-349
Progress in the Science and Application of Amorphous Materials....Pages 350-355
A Personal Adventure in Stereochemistry, Local Order, and Defects....Pages 356-367
Unusual Fluorination Effects on Superconducting Films....Pages 368-372
Front Matter....Pages 373-373
An Approach to the Puzzle of High Temperature Superconductivity....Pages 375-383
Creativity and Intuition....Pages 384-385
Back Matter....Pages 387-397