A neutron diffraction study of the structure of evaporated amorphous germanium

G. Etherington; A. C. Wright; J. T. Wenzel; J. C. Dore; J. H. Clarke; R. N. Sinclair

doi:10.1016/0022-3093(82)90165-X

A neutron diffraction study of the structure of evaporated amorphous germanium

G. Etherington, A. C. Wright, J. T. Wenzel, J. C. Dore, J. H. Clarke, R. N. Sinclair

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Abstract

Neutron diffraction techniques have been employed to obtain an accurate, high resolution correlation function for evaporated amorphous Ge. The structure of amorphous Ge is unlike that of any of the related crystalline polymorphs, but is much more accurately described in terms of a tetrahedrally bonded random network. The best fitting random network models, however, all predict too much structure in the correlation function at high r and severa; exhibit too narrow a distribution of bond angles.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	265-289
Number of pages	25
Journal	Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids
Volume	48
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-3093(82)90165-X
State	Published - Apr 1982

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Ceramics and Composites
Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Chemistry

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A neutron diffraction study of the structure of evaporated amorphous germanium

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