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Our calculation on defect vibrations enables the assignment of the EA spectrum features. For example, one is found at a frequency of 10.0 THz from the zero phonon line and falls in the region between the acoustic and optical bands of the phonon spectrum of the ZnO crystal. Perhaps it is due to an Ai-motion of the Ni ion, the O ions of the first sphere and the Zn ions of the second sphere. According to our calculation, the EA spectrum for ZnO Ni corresponds to the nickel acceptor exciton [d h]. 

Velocity Dependence of the Cross Section. For S-P type interaction, the excitation transfer cross section was proportional to V1 for Case 1, and to tT2/5 for Case 3. For Case 2 the velocity dependence was not as simple. Here the ratio of the angular frequency of the resonant defect [a> = (Ei — Ef/tl) to the relative incident velocity (v)—i.e.> a = to/v is the most important parameter. If the ratio is small compared with the reciprocal of the interaction range a"1, the transfer will approach that of Case 1 (exact resonance). The cross ection will decrease monotonically with t at higher velocities. If a a"1, the cross section will be fairly small compared with that of exact resonance. Further, in the limit of t 0, the cross section would be zero, and would increase with v at low velocity region. Then, it will reach a maximum in between these regions for Case 2. This feature will hold for all inter-multipole types of interaction including the S-P type. However, the detailed and quantitative discussion on the velocity dependence for Case 2 is not this simple. On the other hand, the velocity dependence of the cross section for the resonance type excitation transfer (Cases 1 and 3) can be discussed more straightforwardly, not only for the S-P interaction case but also for other interaction cases (48, 69). 

Scattering is the main cause of resistivity. The electron wave can be scattered in a variety of ways, of which three are of most importance. The first is the interaction of the electron wave with lattice vibrations, called phonons. This is called thermal scattering. As the temperature increases so do the lattice vibrations, and the resistivity rises. At low temperatures the resistivity drops gradually to a finite value, maintained at absolute zero (Figure 13.5), except for the superconductors, described later in this chapter. This is an intrinsic property of a metal and cannot be altered. Structural imperfections present in the solid also contribute to resistivity. These are mainly defects such as dislocations and grain boundaries, or else impurities. As with lattice vibrations, they scatter the electron waves and so increase resistivity. Defects and impurities are extrinsic features that can be removed by careful processing. 

For this example, the two different diffuse features can also be described purely in terms of substitutional disorder and understood in terms of sets of correlation parameters. For both types of defects. Fa and F represent the structural factors for the two different types of columns (one shifted 0.5c relative to the other). The difference between these Fa — FsI gives a function with the broad areas of scattering that are seen. For isolated random defects, only the origin term Q is present all other C/, are zero. This produces uniform (unmodulated) scattering in the noted broad areas. 

Microprocessor control systems (MCS) make it possible to completely automate an IM plant. They control machines, automatically, enabling them to achieve high quality and zero defects. These systems readily adapt to enhancing the ability of processing machines. There are many moldings that would be difficult, if not impossible, to produce at the desired quality level without this feature. 

Figure 7.41. Unpolarized difference ATR spectra of galena electrode-electrolyte interface at potentials starting at -0.5 V. Electrolyte is 8 x 10 M potassium n-butyl xanthate solution in borate buffer (pH 9.18) at N2 atmosphere. Spectra were obtained with Perkin-Elmer 1760X FTIR spectrometer with MCT detector. Each spectrum is average of 200 scans with 4 cm resolution and is represented relative to spectrum measured one step before. Horizontal lines indicate zero absorbance. Additional features of spectrum baselines are upward sloping in long-wavelength part of spectra (marked with dotted lines) due to hole absorption and downward trend in short-wavelength part of spectra (>1500 cm ) at potentials from -0.1 to -E0.1 V, attributed to recharging of surface states and defect levels. Reprinted, by permission, from I. V. Chernyshova, J. Phys. Chem. B 105, 8185 (2001), p. 8187, Eig. 2. Copyright 2001 American Chemical Society.

The basic, structural point defects in very pure crystals are the vacancies and the interstitials, the former representing a vacant lattice site, while the latter is an extra atom at a non-lattice site. Either one of them is highly localized and characterized, as mentioned above, by the disturbance around a single atomic site. A perfect crystal is thermodynamically stable only at absolute zero temperature. At any higher temperature, the crystal must contain a certain number of point defects. For example, it is probable that an atomic site is vacant at low temperature, i.e., a vacancy is only 10 , whereas, at the melting point, this probability is 10 . Thus, point defects are a thermodynamic feature, unlike other defects such as line defects. 

An ideal single crystal has no defects. However, since the Gibbs energy of crystal formation AG = AH-TAS) is a balance between the energetic A/f term (or the tendency to have the most perfect and well-packed structure) and the entropic TAS term (or the tendency for disorder), the minimum AG for a real crystal in the equilibrium state at r 54 0 K could be attained only if a certain non-zero concentration of equilibrium defects is present. Thus, defects are a natural and thermodynamically permitted feature of any existing crystal. 

An important example that demonstrates the potential of PM spectroscopy is shown in Fig. 22.6 for a trans-(CH), film (d 1000 A) kept at 210 K [18]. Due to the ID character of (CH), the photoinduced soliton bands are sharply defined. Two well-defined bands, one PA band and one PB band, are seen, and the sum rule for Aa [Eq. (11)] is approximately obeyed. This also shows that the two bands share a common origin. The additional modulation around the PB peak is probably caused by vibronic side bands, and we identify the shoulder at 1.4 eV as the zero-phonon transition. Associated with the PA band 8S ), which peaks at 0.5 eV at this temperature, is a narrow photoinduced IR-active vibration at 0.17 eV [41,42], which shows that the PA band is due to photoinduced charged defects S ). A sharp feature in the PB band that could be associated with the... 

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