Disordered Materials Science and Technology / by Stadford R. Ovshinsky ; edited by David Adler, Brian B. Schwartz, Marvin Silver.

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Main Author:	Ovshinsky, Stadford R. (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Adler, David (Editor), Schwartz, Brian B. (Editor), Silver, Marvin (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1991.
Edition:	1st ed. 1991.
Series:	Institute for Amorphous Studies Series, Collection De Relations Internationales Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:	Solid state physics. Spectroscopy. Microscopy. Condensed matter. Crystallography. Materials science. Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:	Click to view e-book
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Table of Contents:

I: Chemistry and Physics of Disordered Materials
1. Reversible Electrical Switching Phenomena in Disordered Structures
2. Simple Band Model for Amorphous Semiconducting Alloys
3. Reversible Conductivity Transformations in Chalcogenide Alloy Films
4. Structural Studies of Amorphous Semiconductors
5. Reflectivity Studies of the Te(Ge,As)-based Amorphous Semiconductor in the Conducting and Insulating States
6. Analog Models for Information Storage and Transmission in Physiological Systems
7. Rapid Reversible Light-Induced Crystallization of Amorphous Semiconductors
8. Three Dimensional Model of Structure and Electronic Properties of Chalcogenide Glasses
9. Localized States in the Gap of Amorphous Semiconductors
10. Lone-Pair Relationships and the Origin of Excited States in Amorphous Chalcogenides
11. Chemical Modification of Amorphous Chalcogenides
12. Optical and Electronic Properties of Modified Amorphous Materials
13. Local Structure, Bonding, and Electronic Properties of Covalent Amorphous Semiconductors
14. A New Amorphous Silicon-Based Alloy for Electronic Applications
15. Threshold Switching in Chalcogenide Glass Thin Films
16. Properties of Amorphous Si:F:H Alloys
17. Electroreflectance and Raman Scattering Investigation of Glow-Discharge Amorphous Si:F:H
18. The Nature of Intermediate Range Order in Si:F:H (P) Alloy Systems
19. Correlation Between the Superconducting and Normal State Properties of Amorphous Molybdenum-Silicon Alloys
20. Superconducting Properties of Amorphous Multilayer Metal-Semiconductor Composites
21. Superconducting Properties of Sputtered Mo-C Films with Columnar Microstructure
22. The Role of Free Radicals in the Formation of Amorphous Thin Films
23. Laser-Induced Fluorescence Detection of Reactive Intermediates in Diffusion Flames and in Glow-Discharge Deposition Reactors
24. Order Parameters in a-Si Systems
25. Passivation of Dangling Bonds in Amorphous Si and Ge by Gas Adsorption
26. Chemical Bond Approach to the Structures of Chalcogenide Glasses with Reversible Switching Properties
27. Critical Materials Parameters for the Development of Amorphous Silicon Alloys
28. Low Pressure Microwave Glow Discharge Process for High Deposition Rate Amorphous Silicon Alloy
29. Basic Anticrystalline Chemical Bonding Configurations and Their Structural and Physical Implications
30. Superconductivity at 155 K
31. Superconductivity in Fluorinated Copper Oxide Ceramics
32. A Structural Chemical Model for High Tc Ceramic Superconductors
II: Device Applications
33. Reversible Structural Transformations in Amorphous Semiconductors for Memory and Logic
34. Radiation Hardness of Ovonic Devices
35. Reversible High-Speed High-Resolution Imaging in Amorphous Semiconductors
36. Reversible Optical Effects in Amorphous Semiconductors
37. Imaging in Amorphous Materials by Structural Alteration
38. New Thin-Film Tunnel Triode Using Amorphous Semiconductors
39. Mechanism of Reversible Optical Storage in Evaporated Amorphous AsSe and Ge10As40Se50 ?
40. Solar Electricity Speeds Down to Earth
41. Amorphous Photovoltaic Cells
42. Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor Solar Cells Using Amorphous Si:F:H Alloys
43. Progress in Large Area Photovoltaic Devices Based on Amorphous Silicon Alloys
44. Amorphous Photovoltaics
45. The Breaking of the Efficiency-Stability-Production Barrier in Amorphous Photovoltaics
46. Amorphous Semiconductors for Microelectronics
47. Effects of Transition-Metal Elements on Tellurium Alloys for Reversible Optical Data Storage
III: Review Articles
48. The Ovshinsky Switch
49. An Introduction to Ovonic Research
50. Amorphous Semiconductors for Switching, Memory, and Imaging Applications
51. Amorphous Materials as Interactive Systems
52. Amorphous Materials as Optical Information Media
53. The Shape of Disorder
54. The Chemistry of Glassy Materials and Their Relevance to Energy Conversion
55. Principles and Applications of Amorphicity, Structural Change, and Optical Information Encoding
56. The Chemical Basis of Amorphicity: Structure and Function
57. Fundamentals of Amorphous Materials
58. Amorphous Materials--Past, Present and Future
59. Chemistry and Structure in Amorphous Materials: The Shapes of Things to Come
60. Intuition and Quantum Chemistry
61. The Quantum Nature of Amorphous Sol ids
62. Progress in the Science and Application of Amorphous Materials
63. A Personal Adventure in Stereochemistry, Local Order, and Defects: Model for Room-Temperature Superconductivity
64. Unusual Fluorination Effects on Superconducting Films
Epilogue
65. An Approach to the Puzzle of High-Temperature Superconductivity--A Letter to David Adler
66. S.R. Ovshinsky’s review of CREATIVITY AND INTUITION: A Physicist Looks at East and West by Hideki Yukawa.

Disordered Materials Science and Technology / by Stadford R. Ovshinsky ; edited by David Adler, Brian B. Schwartz, Marvin Silver.

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