Medium-range structural order in covalent amorphous solids
Abstract
Medium-range structural order consisting of polyhedral connections, rings, and cluster structures in various covalent amorphous solids is discussed. The experimental structural probes used to investigate the structure of amorphous solids are described, as is the use of the first sharp diffraction peak in diffraction data of such solids. The need for new experimental techniques and theoretical descriptions of the disordered state of matter is addressed.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- December 1991
- DOI:
- 10.1038/354445a0
- Bibcode:
- 1991Natur.354..445E
- Keywords:
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- Amorphous Materials;
- Atomic Structure;
- Covalent Bonds;
- Crystallinity;
- Glass;
- Polyhedrons;
- Ring Structures;
- Topology;
- Solid-State Physics