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Physics of Disordered Materials

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  • © 1985

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Editors:
  1. David Adler

    1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA

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  2. Hellmut Fritzsche

    1. University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

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  3. Stanford R. Ovshinsky

    1. Energy Conversion Devices, Inc, Troy, USA

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Part of the book series: Institute for Amorphous Studies Series (IASS)

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Table of contents (65 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. General Aspects

    1. The Inextricably Entangled Skein

      • D. Weaire, F. Wooten
      Pages 1-8

    2. Random and Nonrandom Structures in Higher Dimensions

      • R. Zallen
      Pages 9-17

    3. Predicting the Structure of Solids

      • J. D. Joannopoulos
      Pages 19-35

    4. Chemistry and Structure in Amorphous Materials: The Shapes of Things to Come

      • S. R. Ovshinsky
      Pages 37-54

    5. Rigidity Percolation

      • M. F. Thorpe
      Pages 55-61

    6. A New Approach to the Glass Transition

      • S. F. Edwards, T. Vilgis
      Pages 63-72

  3. Elements of Disorder

    1. “Phase Transitions” in Disordered Solids

      • J. C. Phillips
      Pages 73-76

    2. Random Packing of Structural Units and the First Sharp Diffraction Peak in Glasses

      • S. C. Moss, D. L. Price
      Pages 77-95

    3. The Application of the Percus-Yevick Approximation to Calculate the Density Profile and Pair Correlation Function of a Fluid with Density Inhomogeneities

      • Michael Plischke, Douglas Henderson, Sadhana R. Sharma
      Pages 97-105

    4. Order, Frustration and Space Curvature

      • Jean-François Sadoc
      Pages 107-121

    5. Computer-Assisted Modelling of Amorphous Solids

      • Mihai A. Popescu
      Pages 123-142

    6. Beyond the Gaussian Approximation in Exafs

      • Edward A. Stern
      Pages 143-150

    7. Synchrotron Radiation and the Determination of Atomic Arrangements in Amorphous Materials

      • Arthur Bienenstock, Alice Fischer-Colbrie, Robert Lorentz, Karl Ludwig, Lane Wilson
      Pages 151-158

    8. A Model for Predicting the Occurrence of Regular Rings in AX2 Tetrahedral Glasses

      • Frank L. Galeener
      Pages 159-173

    9. Raman Scattering and Variable Order of Amorphous and Liquid Semiconductors

      • Jeffrey S. Lannin
      Pages 175-188

    10. Modelling Fe Impurity Centres In As2S3 Glass Using X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy

      • G. N. Greaves, X. L. Jiang, S. R. Elliott, T. Fowler
      Pages 189-201

    11. Disproportionation as a Source of Constitutional Disorder and Rearrangement in Non-Crystalline Condensed Systems

      • Adalbert Feltz
      Pages 203-213

    12. Giant Thickness Contraction and Related Effects in Amorphous Chalcogenides

      • K. L. Chopra, L. K. Malhotra
      Pages 215-226

    13. Partial Filling of a Fractal Structure by a Wetting Fluid

      • P. G. de Gennes
      Pages 227-241
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About this book

This volume and its two companion volumes, entitled Tetrahedrally-Bonded Amorphous Semiconductors and Localization and Metal-Insulator Transitions, are our way of paying special tribute to Sir Nevill Mott and to express our heartfelt wishes to him on the occasion of his eightieth birthday. Sir Nevill has set the highest standards as a physicist, teacher, and scientific leader. Our feelings for him include not only the respect and admiration due a great scientist, but also a deep affection for a great human being, who possesses a rare combination of outstanding personal qualities. We thank him for enriching our lives, and we shall forever carry cherished memories of this noble man. Scientists best express their thanks by contributing their thoughts and observations to a Festschrift. This one honoring Sir Nevill fills three volumes, with literally hundreds of authors meeting a strict deadline. The fact that contributions poured in from all parts of the world attests to the international cohesion of our scientific community. It is a tribute to Sir Nevill's stand for peace and understanding, transcending national borders. The editors wish to express their gratitude to Ghazaleh Koefod for her diligence and expertise in deciphering and typing many of the papers, as well as helping in numerous other ways. The blame for the errors that remain belongs to the editors.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA

    David Adler

  • University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

    Hellmut Fritzsche

  • Energy Conversion Devices, Inc, Troy, USA

    Stanford R. Ovshinsky

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Physics of Disordered Materials

  • Editors: David Adler, Hellmut Fritzsche, Stanford R. Ovshinsky

  • Series Title: Institute for Amorphous Studies Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2513-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press , New York 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-9519-8Published: 11 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-2513-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 850

  • Topics: Solid State Physics, Spectroscopy and Microscopy

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