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Short range ordering in amorphous In-Se films by wide-angle X-ray scattering

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Wide-angle X-ray scattering studies were performed on In-Se amorphous films, obtained by thermal evaporation, with selenium content of 60 and 66 at.%. The intensities were recorded in the scattering vector range between 3 and 160 nm−1. Structural information about the local structure of the amorphous In-Se films has been derived from the radial distribution function using the curve-fitting method. The experimental results have been compared with model based simulations. The obtained structural parameters indicate that for In40Se60 In-In, In-Se and Se-Se contributions are involved in the near-neighbour coordination sphere. As the Se content is increased, the number of In-In bonds is reduced to zero, within the precision of the method. For both amorphous films In is tetrahedrally coordinated while Se has three near neighbours on the average.

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  1. Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, ul. Uniwersytecka 4, 40-007, Katowice, Poland

    A. Burian

  2. Centre of Polymer Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. M. Sk odowskiej-Curie 34, 41-819, Zabrze, Poland

    A. Burian

  3. Centre of Polymer Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. M. Sk odowskiej-Curie 34, 41-819, Zabrze, Poland

    A. M. Burian & J. Weszka

  4. Department of Materials Science, Silesian University of Technology, ul. Krasińskiego 8, 40-019, Katowice, Poland

    M. Żelechower

  5. CEMES/CNRS, 29, rue J. Marvig, BP 4347, 31055, Toulouse Cedex, France

    P. Lecante

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Burian, A., Burian, A.M., Weszka, J. et al. Short range ordering in amorphous In-Se films by wide-angle X-ray scattering. Journal of Materials Science 35, 3121–3126 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004872020092

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