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Chemistry and Physics of Covalent Amorphous Semiconductors

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Physical Properties of Amorphous Materials

Part of the book series: Institute for Amorphous Studies Series ((IASS))

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Although, as Ovshinsky [1] has often noted, the history of civilization is intimately connected with advances in materials research (e.g., the Stone, Bronze, Iron, and Steel Ages), a quantitative theory of materials did not evolve until after the development of quantum mechanics in 1925. When Bloch [2] developed the quantum theory of solids in 1930, physicists were unduly influenced by the discovery less than 20 years previous that many solids were periodic arrays of atoms. By making use of the mathematical simplifications resulting from periodicity, Bloch was able to derive some general properties of the electronic states in crystals, from which Wilson [3] developed the band theory of electronic transport. There is no question that this theory has been very successful in providing a detailed understanding of the properties of crystalline solids, including the electrical and optical properties of a wide array of commercially important semiconductors and metals. However, it has long been known that many solids are not crystalline but are amorphous, and do not exhibit any long-range periodicity.

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Adler, D. (1985). Chemistry and Physics of Covalent Amorphous Semiconductors. In: Adler, D., Schwartz, B.B., Steele, M.C. (eds) Physical Properties of Amorphous Materials. Institute for Amorphous Studies Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2260-1_2

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