Network topological thresholds in gallium doped As-Te glasses Electrical and thermal investigations

Manikandan, N and Asokan, S (2007) Network topological thresholds in gallium doped As-Te glasses Electrical and thermal investigations. In: 15th International Symposium on Non-Oxide Glasses and New Optical Glasses, APR 10-14, 2006, Indian Inst Sci, Bangalore, INDIA.

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Abstract

Electrical switching and differential scanning calorimetric studies are undertaken on bulk As20Te80-xGax glasses, to elucidate the network topological thresholds. It is found that these glasses exhibit a single glass transition (T-g) and two crystallization reactions (T-cl & T-c2) upon heating. It is also found that there is only a marginal change in T-g with the addition of up to about 10% of Ga; around this composition an increase is seen in 7, which culminates in a local maximum around x = 15. The decrease exhibited in T, beyond this composition, leads to a local minimum at x = 17.5. Further, the As20Te80-xGax glasses are found to exhibit memory type electrical switching. The switching voltages (VT) increase with the increase in gallium content and a local maximum is seen in V-tau around x = 15. VT is found to decrease with x thereafter, exhibiting a local minimum around x = 17.5. The composition dependence of T-cl is found to be very similar to that of V-T of As20Te80-xGax glasses. Based on the present results, it is proposed that the composition x = 15 and x = 17.5 correspond to the rigidity percolation and chemical thresholds, respectively, of As20Te80-xGax glasses. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Conference Paper
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
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Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Instrumentation Appiled Physics
Date Deposited:	10 Jun 2010 06:05
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:58
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/26580

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