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Chemical Bonding and the Nature of Glass Structure

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Applied Quantum Chemistry

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The use of fundamental chemical bonding considerations in the determination of the structures and properties of a wide variety of glasses with predominantly covalent bonding is reviewed. Simple considerations based on chemical ordering, coordination numbers and bond energies, can often be used to obtain information concerning the nature of the average local order around any given type of central atom in such an alloy glass. This information enables the explanation and prediction of various physical, chemical and electrical properties. Examples of these procedures are given by examining some chalcogenide glasses of interest due to their reversible threshold switching (Si18Ge7As35Te40) and memory switching (Ge15Te81Sb2S2 and Ge24Te72Sb2S2) properties.

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  1. Energy Conversion Devices, Inc., 1675 West Maple Road, Troy, Michigan, 48084, USA

    Jozef Bicerano & Stanford R. Ovshinsky

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

    Vedene H. Smith Jr.

  2. Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA

    Henry F. Schaefer III

  3. Institute for Molecular Science, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Japan

    Keiji Morokuma

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Bicerano, J., Ovshinsky, S.R. (1986). Chemical Bonding and the Nature of Glass Structure. In: Smith, V.H., Schaefer, H.F., Morokuma, K. (eds) Applied Quantum Chemistry. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4746-7_21

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