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Payment may be made by sterling cheque, dollar cheque, international money order, National Giro, or credit card (Amex Visa, Mastercard/ Access) Orders originating in the following territories should be sent direct to the local distributor. Australia: R. Hill & Son Ltd, Suite 2, 119 Gardenvale Road, Gardenvale, Victoria, 3185. New Zealand: R. Hill & Son Lid, Private Bag, Newmarket, Auckland |. Iedia: Universal Subscription Agency Pvt. Lid, 101 102 Community Centre, Malviya Nagar Extn, Post Bag No. 8, Saket, New Dethi 110017. Japas: Kinokuniya Company Lid, Journal Department, PO Box 55, Chitose, Tokyo 156. USA, Canada aad Mexico: Taylor & Francis, Inc, 1900 Frost Road, Suite 101, Bristol, Pennsylvania 19007. UK and all other territories: Taylor & Francis Lid, Rankine Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG24 OPR CONTENTS OF VOL. 63 Nos 1-6 NUMBER 1—JANUARY PART A A study of the initial stages of the oxidation of silicon using the Fresnel method By F. M. Ross and W. M. Stosss Computer modelling for Fresnel contrast analysis By F. M. Ross and W. M. Stosss. An electron microscope study of the origin of latent hardening in NaCl as SITE Giisaududdévinnicassniarucedamatindennisbabinndienaddecusiahsbretinecbiabipemnahins The dependence of creep on stacking-fault energy By YANG ZHI'AN and WANG ZHONGGUANG Lattice spacing measurements around dislocations in an undoped GaAs crystal grown by the liquid-encapsulated Czochralski method By TOMOHISA KITANO, TETSUYA ISHIKAWA and JUNJI MATSUI Dislocation emission from crack tips By G. SCHOECK Dislocations in titanium diboride By L. WANG and R. J. ARSENAULT Crack-tip strain fields and fracture microplasticity in hydrogen-induced cracking of Fe—3 wt% Si single crystals By S. H. CHEN, Y. Katz and W. W. GERBERICH Editorial The sign of the Hall effect in amorphous silicon By N. F. Mott Urbach tails in absorption spectra of amorphous and crystalline SiO, By C. Bosio and W. CzZasa Optical absorption in As—Se glasses By J. PErursson, J. M. MARSHALL and A. E. OWEN.................0000006 Persistent photoconductance in a-Si: H/a-SiN,:H multilayers Contents of volume 63 Electronic structure of silicon nitride EERE REE GET Fe ee a ee 47 On the structural, optical and electronic properties of microcrystalline Si:0:C:H thin films prepared in a _ two-consecutive-decomposition— deposition-chamber system By G. WILLEKE and R. MARTINS Control of nucleation and growth in the preparation of crystals by plasma- enhanced chemical vapour deposition By Masami NAKATA, AKIRA SAKAI, TAKUYA UEMATSU, TATSURU NAMIKAWA, HAJIME SHIRAI, JUN-ICHI HANNA and RE ER REE SE Paras AE Rec Hl Bee op ey a eS Experimental tests of the autocompensation model of doping By B. G. Kr6étz, J. Winp, H. Stitz_, G. MOLLER, S. KALBITZER, EE a CR ee RN On the mechanism of doping and defect formation in a-Si:H By K. Prerz, W. FuHs and H. MELL Studies by photothermal deflection spectroscopy of defect formation in a-Si:H By M. L. TuHeye, L. CHaHep, P. Roca 1 CaBarrocas and K. ZELLAMA Molybdenum impurity states in amorphous silicon and related materials ee I I csc nena shamesnamnbededesapeshasnensticaees Optically induced metastable defects in undoped a-Si:H By S. YAMASAKI, J. Isova and K. TANAKA Temperature and current dependence of electroluminescence in a-Si:H By KeDA WANG, DAXING Han, M. E. ZvANuT and M. SILVER........... On the low-temperature efficiency of photoluminescence in a-Si:H and other materials By T. M. Searie, M. Hopkinson, W. A. Jackson, A. J. RHODES and G. K. DipRosE Theoretical studies of the low-temperature drift mobility in a-Si:H By V. HeuckerotnH, H. OverHor, R. SCHUMACHER and P. THOMAS.... Comimnon features in the transport behaviour of diverse glassy solids: exploring the role of disorder By M. Askowi1Tz, H. BABLER and M. STOLKA Solution of the zr problem in a-Si:H By J. Koéxa, C. E. Nepet and C. D. ABEL Studies on the structure of a~-Ge:H using differential scanning calorimetry, gas evolution on heating and transmission electron microscopy By W. Paut, S. J. Jones and W. A. TURNER Contents of volume 63 Hydrogen stability in amorphous germanium films By W. Beyer, J. Herion, H. WAGNER and U. Zastrow Control of photodegradation in amorphous silicon: the effect of deuterium By GAUTAM GANGULY, SATOSHI YAMASAKI and AKIHISA MATSUDA An argument for potential fluctuations in amorphous-silicon-based alloys, and their effect on solar cell performance By B. VON ROEDERN and A. MADAN Multijunction amorphous silicon solar cells By D. E. CARLSON High-quality a-Si and its application to solar cells By YUKINORI KUWANO and Noporu NAKAMURA A defect-pool model for near-interface states in amorphous silicon thin-film transistors By M. J. Powe, S. C. Deane, I. D. Frencn, J. R. HuGHEs and W. I. MILNE The physics of amorphous silicon thin-film devices and their application to document processing By H. Sreemers, M. Hack, R. WEISFIELD, HSING TUAN and M. THOMPSON Analogue memory and ballistic electron effects in metalamorphous silicon structures By J. Hasto, A. E. Owen, A. J. Snett, P. G. Le Comper and M. J. Rose NUMBER 2—FEBRUARY PART A Solute-and-dumbbell defect diffusion in b.c.c. lattices High-resolution structure imaging of stacking sequences in Y,Fe,,C, (0-<6 x < 1-6) magnetic material By W. Coens, F. HAKKENS, T. H. Jacoss and K. H. J. BuscHow The interaction of non-glissile superdislocations and a coherent twin boundary in ordered Cu,Au By F. D. TIiCHELAAR and F. W. SCHAPINK Twin boundary energies in YBa,Cu,O,_, and La,CuO, By T. Roy and T. E. MITCHELL Structural multiplicity observed at a £ = 5/[001] 53-1° tilt boundary in gold Contents of volume 63 On the structofu farulete d interfaces in aluminium nitride ceramics By S. HaGéce and Y. IsHIDA HRTEM study of a Cu/ALO, interface By F. Ernst, P. Prrouz and A. H. Heuer Accommodation of misfit during the initial growth of GaAs on {111}-Si By C. B. Carter, G. ANDERSON and F. PONCE On the formation of vacancy type dislocalotopis ofrno m displacement cascades in nickel By I. M. Ropertson, J. S. VeTRaNo, M. A. Kirk and M. L. Jenkins Slip-plane disordering in stoichiometric Ni,Al By J. A. Horton, I. BAKER and M. H. Yoo Correlation between structure, energy and surface tension for free surfaces in The necessity of both plasticity and brittleness in the fracture thresholds of iron By W. W. Gersericn, R. A. ORIANI, M.-J. Lu, X. CHEN and T. Forcke PART B Composition measurement by thickness fringe matching: the alloy-system- dependent sensitivity and accuracy of the method By E. G. BITHELL and W. M. Stopss Contact-injected currents in polyvinylcarbazole By G. Akuetey and J. Hirscu Magnetic after-effect of hydrogen isotopes in ordered and disordered Fe ,Pt alloys By C. U. Mater, M. HirscHer and H. KRONMULLER...................000+- Electrical resistivity, transverse magnetoresistance and Hall coefficient in pyrolytic carbon: correlation with interlayer spacing d,,, By YUTAKA KABURAGI, R. H. BRAGG and YOSHTHIRO HISHTYAMA Origin of the low-temperature drift mobility increase in a-Si:H By M. Kemp and M. SILVER Grain-boundary states and hydrogenation of fine-grained polycrystalline silicon films deposited by molecular beams By D. Jousse, S. L. DeLaGe and S. S. Iver Structural studies of amorphous Ge—Au alloys By A. M. Epwarps, M. C. FarrBANKs and R. J. Newport Charge-induced structural relaxationi i n amorphous semiconductors ge ERRERSRESREIPECEP BRSS.EE ASR 5 ARd UAS ODS ReT AS TOR,E E,E ..ao e Polaronic transport in irun-vanadate glassy semiconductors By A. GHOSH Contents of volume 63 Phason strain in the crystallization of icosahedral AlIMnSi By Z. R. HUANG, K. K. FuNG and Y. Q. ZHou Studies of glass transition temperature and thermal diffusivity in As—-Sb—Se glasses By K. NANDAKUMAR and J. PHILIP Urbach tails in chalcogenides: a self-consistent approach By L. Ferrari and G. Russo On the six-dimensional lattice of the decagonal phase a Oe SIG SPE CU saccitdentndebhdesncitsntoenbstinmnddsasotednendagaitinl Recombination at correlated dangling bonds and the effects of Fermi level position on steady-state photoconductivity in amorphous silicon By E. MorGADO Analysis of high-frequency capacitance of amorphous silicon—crystalline silicon heterojunctions By D. K. SHARMA and K. L. NARASIMHAN Applicability of the ratchet model to the polarization of charge density waves below the threshold field By J. B. SOKOLOFF and I. WEBMAN An X-ray absorption study of barrier-type anodic films formed on aluminium in chromate electrolytes By S. W. M. Cuuna, J. Roprnson, G. E. THompson, G. C. Woop and H. S. Isaacs Nature of electrical transport in ambipolar amorphous semiconductors (PbS) (GeS)o.,- (GeS2)o.5 By S. K. MALIK, K. L. BHATIA and V. K. BHATNAGAR A comment on the use of calorimetry for the determination of the structure of amorphous materials By Li-CHYONG CHEN and F. SPAEPEN NUMBER 3—MARCH PART A High-temperature plastic deformation of Y,O,-stabilized ZrO, single crystals III. Variation in work hardening between 1200 and 1500°C By D.-S. CHEONG, A. DOMINGUEZ-RODRIGUEZ and A. H. HEUER The decomposition process of rapidly solidified Ti-25 at.% Al-25 at.% Nb By C. P. CHANG and M. H. Loretto Exhaustion of a[101](111) slip to explain the strength anomaly in Ni,(Al, Ti) Be aE EET kcaarenidncenbarsisocesnanlivanedthdigesdakiiigueaiesrtatdeeramaeintne A TEM investigation of the effect of annealing on_ single-crystal silicon/oxide/polycrystalline silicon interfaces By A. ALBU-YARON, J. C. BARRY and G. R. BOOKER Diffusion of °°Mo in vanadium By J. PELLEG and Y. ZAKLOS Contents of volume 63 The effect of lattice misfit on the interface structure of y-Ag,Al precipitates during dissolution By K. K. SaGor-CRENTSIL and L. C. BRowN Transmission electron microscopy observations of the f.c.c.-to-h.c.p. martensite transformation in Co—Ni alloys By C. HAYZELDEN, K. CHATTOPADHYAY, J. C. BARRY and B. CANTOR Interactions of misfit dislocations in In,Ga, _.As/GaAs interfaces By A. LereBvre, C. HERBEAUX and J. Di PEeRsio A high-resolution electron microscopy study of silver particles and surfaces By J.-O. MALM, G. SCHMID and B. MoRUN Interpretation of HRTEM images of interfaces containing misfit dislocations lying parallel to the surface of the sample By D. R. RASMUSSEN and C. B. CARTER Dopant redistribution during annealing of amorphized Si< 111) By R. TuRAN and T. G. FINSTAD Shear modulus and internal friction in nanometre-sized polycrystalline palladium By M. WELLER, J. DrEHL and H.-E. SCHAEFER ...................seeeeeeeeeeeees The interaction of dislocations with coherent inclusions. I. Perfect edge and screw dislocations By M. S. DugsBery and K. SADANANDA Room-temperature deformation of single-crystal B2 Fe—Al alloys: the effect of stoichiometry and cooling rate By M. A. Crimp and K. VEDULA Interaction of impurities with dislocation cores in silicon By M. Heaair, R. Jones and A. UMERSKI The effect of stress on soft modes for the phase transformation in a Ti—Ni alloy. I. The stress-induced transformation and soft modes By D. Y. Li, X. F. Wu and T. Ko The effect of stress on soft modes for the phase transformation in a Ti—Ni alloy. II. Effects of ageing and thermal cycling on the phase transformation By D. Y. Li, X. F. Wu and T. Ko PART B Anomalous time-independent diffusion of charge carriers in a random potential under a bias field By L. Pautmeter, R. RICHERT and H. BASSLER............................000+- N-body interatomic potentials for hexagonal close-packed metals By M_ IGARASHI, M. KHANTHA and V. VITEK.............. Transmission electron microscopic investigations of rapidly solidified A-Mn—Ni quasicrystalline alloys By N. P. Latta, R. S. Trwari and O. N. SRIVASTAVA.. Contents of volume 63 The quantum simulation of metal-hydrogen systems and th analysis of diffraction ex periments By F. CHRISTODOULOsS and M. J. GILLAN.................... Electronic structure of defect complexes in crystalline and amorphous GaAs By Bat K. AGRawaL, S. AGRAWAL, P. S. Yapav, J. S. Nei and S. KUMAR Equilibrium faceting shape of quasicrystals at low temperatures: cluster model a ITI Decagonal and related phases in Al-Mn alloys: electron diffraction and microstructure By T. L. DAULTON, K. F. KeLTon and P. C. Gippons Electron irradiation effects in amorphous antimony thin films obtained by cluster- beam deposition By G. Fucus, M. Tremieux, F. Santos Aires, B. CABAuD, P. MELINON and A. HOAREAU Effects of electronic energy loss in crystalline and amorphous Ni, B irradiated with high-energy heavy ions By A. AupouarD, E. BALANzaT, J. C. Jousset, A. CHAMBEROD, Oe BR enna Interpretation of recent transient on-state data in thin chalcogenide glass and NbO, threshold switching material By G. C. Vezzout, P. J. WALSH and M. A. SHOGA Dielectric studies of the transition of ice th to ice XI By A. V. Zaretsknl, R. Howe and R. W. WHITWORTH High-resolution electron microscopy and microanalysis of CdS and CdTe quantum dots in glass matrices By Li-Cui Liu, M. J. Kim, S. H. Rissup and R. W. CARPENTER ......... Structure of the Rayleigh line wing in highly viscous liquids By V. Z. Gocntyaev, V. K. MALiNovsky, V. N. Novikov, and A. P. SOKOLOV Erratum Book reviews NUMBER 4—APRIL PART A Arcs of diffuse scattering from the new Fe—Ti-Si rapidly solidified alloy By P. MANDAL, R. S. Trwari and O. N. SRIVASTAVA Martensitic transformations in ultra-fine particles of metals and alloys By S. Kasrwara, S. OHNO and K. HONMA Comparison between calculated and experimental displacement fringe intensities on the faces of y’ precipitate plates in an Al-4-2 at.% Ag alloy By N. Prasuu and J. M. Howe Contents of volume 63 High-resolution electron microscopy of lattice defects in TiO, and SnO, By K. Suzuki, M. IcutHara and S. TAKEUCHI On epitaxial misorientations By M. Arnpow and R. C. Ponp Integranular corrosion of copper and 2-Cu—Al alloy bicrystals By M. YAMAsHiTA, T. MIMAKI, S. HASHIMOTO and S. MruRA Stress corrosion cracking of [110] and [100] tilt boundaries of a-Cu—Al alloy By M. YAMASHITA, T. MimakI, S. HAsHimoto and S. Mrura Transmission electron microscopy study on microstructures of an AKLi, Cu, Mg, Zr)-SiC, composite. I. Structural characterization of SiC whiskers and phases in an Al(Li, Cu, Mg, Zr)-SiC, composite By X. G. Nina, H. G. Xu, H. Q. Ye, J. ZHu, K. Y. Hu Y. X. Lu and J. Bi 727 A transmission electron microscopy study of the f + a-phase transformation of tin By D. R. G. MitcHeLt and S. E. DONNELLY 747 On the electron microscope contrast of doped semiconductor layers By D. D. Perovic, G. C. WEATHERLY, R. F. EGerton, D. C. HOUGHTON and T. E. JACKMAN Internal-friction and electron microscopy studies of cold-worked single-crystal and polycrystalline titanium By H. NuMaAKuRA, Y. MINONISHI and M. Korwa An analytic model for grain-boundary expansions and cleavage energies The effects of Plateau borders in the two-dimensional soap froth. I. Decoration lemma and diffusion theorem EEE Ie aR a Re ee Preparation of heavily doped polycrystalline and amorphous silicon films by evaporation By F. GOESMANN, H. H. ROSCHER and R. LABUSCH Metastable effects induced by thermal quenching in undoped amorphous silicon By M. MEAuDRE, P. JENSEN and R. MEAUDRE Infrared spectroscopy of hydrogenated silicon—sulphur alloys prepared by glow discharge By S. ALt-DaLLaL, M. Hamman, S. M. AL-ALawi, S. ALsIsH! and A. BREITSCHWERDT Reproducibility and stability in surface morphological evolution By G. Carter, I. V. KATARDJIEV and M. J. NoBes