Chalcogenide glasses

Technical Report · Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:7256971

Taylor, P C

Although there are some significant exceptions, most important glass-forming systems contain elements from the sixth, or chalcogenide, column of the periodic table (oxygen, sulfur, selenium, or tellurium). The glasses that contain oxygen are typically insulators, while those that contain the heavier chalcogen elements are usually semiconductors. Even though oxygen is technically a chalcogen element, the term chalcogenide glass is commonly used to denote those largely covalent, semiconducting glasses contain sulfur, selenium, or tellurium as one of the constituents.

• Research Organization: Utah Univ., Salt Lake City (USA). Dept. of Physics
• OSTI ID: 7256971
• Report Number(s): AD-A-190082/8/XAB; -83-K-0535-14
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Pub. in MRS Bulletin, 36-38(16 Jun-15 Aug 1987)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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