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Structure and Optical Properties of Amorphous Semiconductors

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Amorphous semiconductors are of growing importance in applications which typically involve the use of large-area thin films. A prominent example is the promise of hydrogenated amorphous silicon as a solar-cell photoreceptor (1). Other examples are the use of amorphous chalcogenides in xerography and their potential use in high density optical memories. Also, as described later in this paper, amorphous semiconductors turn up during the technological processing of crystalline semiconductors in the microelectronics industry.

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  1. Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, 24061, USA

    Richard Zallen

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  1. Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA

    David L. Cocke (Associate Professor of Chemistry, Program Co-Chair, 1986 IUCCP Research Symposium) & Abraham Clearfield (Professor of Chemistry, Program Co-Chair, 1986 IUCCP Research Symposium) (Associate Professor of Chemistry, Program Co-Chair, 1986 IUCCP Research Symposium) &  (Professor of Chemistry, Program Co-Chair, 1986 IUCCP Research Symposium)

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Zallen, R. (1987). Structure and Optical Properties of Amorphous Semiconductors. In: Cocke, D.L., Clearfield, A. (eds) Design of New Materials. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9501-4_11

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