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It is fitting to discuss in this festschrift for Hellmut Fritzsche the phenomena which first interested him in the amorphous field.
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Ovshinsky, S.R. (1987). The Quantum Nature of Amorphous Solids. In: Kastner, M.A., Thomas, G.A., Ovshinsky, S.R. (eds) Disordered Semiconductors. Institute for Amorphous Studies Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1841-5_23
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