Amorphous Metals and Semiconductors

Amorphous Metals and Semiconductors contains the proceedings of an international workshop held at Coronado, California, USA on May 12-18, 1985. Organized into five parts, this book first looks into the historical perspective on semiconductors and metals. This book then explains the glass formation, magnetic glasses, and amorphous semiconductors. The mechanical and chemical properties of these materials are also given.

Historical Perspective Pol Duwez - An Appreciation of His Work A Commentary on the Recognition and Characterization of the Metallic Glass State Remarks on the History of Noncrystalline SemiconductorsStructure Icosahedral Order In Undercooled Liquids and Metallic Glasses Chemical Ordering In Metallic Glasses Diffraction Studies of Chemical Order In Metallic Glasses Quasicrystals Agenda DiscussionGlass Formation Crystal Nucleation and Growth in Metallic Liquids and Glasses Atomic Migration in Metallic Glasses Glass Transition and Secondary Relaxation in Metal Glasses Electronic Aspects of the Structure and Glass-Forming Ability of Metallic Alloys Metallic Glass Formation by Solid-State Diffusion Reactions On the Glass Forming Ability of Metallic Alloys Agenda DiscussionMagnetic Glasses High-Frequency Magnetic Properties and Magnetic Stability of Metallic Glasses Moments and Electronic Structure of Ferromagnetic Amorphous Alloys Magnetic Domains, Anisotropies and Properties of Amorphous Metals Structural Relaxation Phenomena in Amorphous Alloys Local Atomic Order and Magnetic Properties of Noncrystalline Alloys The Role of Atomic, Magnetic Double-Well Systems in Amorphous Alloys Agenda DiscussionAmorphous Semiconductors Dopant and Defect States in Amorphous Silicon Compositionally Modulated Amorphous Semiconductor Superlattices Microstructure Considerations in Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Thin Films Effect of the Surface on the Properties of Amorphous Semiconductors Structural Issues in Amorphous Chalcogenides Alloys of Amorphous Hydrogenated Silicon Agenda DiscussionMechanical and Chemical Properties Defect Modifications of Amorphous Structures Creep and Brittle Fracture of Metallic Glasses Probing by Anelastic and Plastic Deformation the Structure of Metallic Glasses Undergoing Ageing and Embrittlement Atomic Models of Deformation Processes in Liquids and Metallic Glasses Corrosion Resistance of Metastable Alloys Processed by Rapid Solidification Catalytic Properties of Amorphous Alloys Amorphous Metallic Hydrides: A Biased View of Recent Progress Agenda DiscussionParticipantsIndex of Authors