The structural nature of amorphous Se and Te

doi:10.1016/0038-1098(74)90519-5

Solid State Communications

Volume 15, Issue 6, 15 September 1974, Pages 1007-1010

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Abstract

We present new photoemission measurements on amorphous and trigonal Te. These results and other recent photoemission experiments on amorphous and trigonal Se are interpreted using density of states and charge density calculations. These studies result in new insights into the possible structural nature of the amorphous phase.

Zusammenfassung

Nous exposons de nouveaux résultats de mesures de photoemission sur des échantillons de tellure amorphe et cristallin (trigonal). Ces résultats, et d'autres similaires sur le selenium sont interpretés à partir des calculs de densité de charge et de densité d'états. Cette étude, donne la possibilité d'aborder le problème de la nature stuctural de la phase amorphe sous un nouvel angle.

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^☆: Supported in part by the National Science Foundation Grant GH 35688.

^†: Swiss National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow.

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The structural nature of amorphous Se and Te☆

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Solid State Commun.

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