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Comments on the validity of Meyer-Neldel rule for AC conduction in glassy alloys

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In a recent publication (Glass Phys. Chem., 2008, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 42–46) the Meyer-Neldel rule was found to hold in the case of ac conductivity of glassy Se100 − x Te x (x = 10, 20, 30) alloys and a tentative explanation was forwarded. Here, we suggest an alternative explanation of this rule on the basis of a thermodynamical model that interrelates point defect parameters with bulk properties.

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Dologlou, E. Comments on the validity of Meyer-Neldel rule for AC conduction in glassy alloys. Glass Phys Chem 35, 295–297 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1087659609030092

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