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Published on: August 19, 2016
Bonding trends within ternary isocoordinate chalcogenide glasses Ge(x)As(y)Se(1-x-y)
George Opletal1, Rong P Wang, Salvy P Russo
1Department of Applied Physics, School of Applied Sciences, RMIT University, 124 La Trobe Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia. george.opletal@rmit.edu.au
Abstract:
A structural study is presented of ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of Ge-As-Se chalcogenide glasses performed at the same mean coordination number but differing stoichiometry ranging between Se rich and Se poor glasses. Starting configurations are generated via Reverse Monte Carlo (RMC) simulations of Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS) measurements of experimental samples. Structural analysis is presented illustrating the bonding trends found with changing stoichiometry.
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