Molecular models of giant photocontractive evaporated chalcogenide films

Journal Article · Wed Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 1982 · Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.26.3510· OSTI ID:6737197

Phillips, J C; Cohen, M L

Spiral ribbon giant molecules morphologically analogous to crystalline whiskers are sufficient to explain the giant photocontraction observed in obliquely evaporated Ge-As-S-Se (but not Te) films. The relation between these anomalies and the bulk melt-quenched glass-forming tendency is explained in topological terms.

• Research Organization: Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974
• OSTI ID: 6737197
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States), Vol. 26:6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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