Liquid alloy semiconductors revisited - Discussion

Rao, CNR and Enderby, JE and McGreevy, R and Logan, DE and Johnston, RL and Edwards, DM (1998) Liquid alloy semiconductors revisited - Discussion. In: Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 356 (1735). pp. 93-95.

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Abstract

In 1990 Enderby and Barnes reviewed the electrical properties of liquid alloys which show features associated with semiconducting behaviour. They proposed an empirical classification scheme based on the notion that some liquid semiconductors are characterized by a finite gap in σ (E), the energy-dependent conductivity (narrow definition), whereas in others σ (E) is continuous (broad definition). Interesting behaviour occurs for systems at the narrow/broad boundary and further analysis of these liquid alloys will form the subject matter of this paper. Particular attention will be focused on liquid silver chalcogenides as these offer a severe test of current theories.

Item Type:	Editorials/Short Communications
Publication:	Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Publisher:	Royal Soc London
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Royal Soc London.
Keywords:	liquid alloys;liquid semiconductors;metal-non-metal transitions;silver chalcogenides.
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit
Date Deposited:	09 Jun 2011 06:41
Last Modified:	26 Oct 2018 07:09
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/38165

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