Ge8 As8 Se8

semiconductor
· Ge8 As8 Se8

Ge8As8Se8 is a chalcogenide glass semiconductor composed of germanium, arsenic, and selenium in near-equiatomic proportions. This material belongs to the family of amorphous chalcogenide semiconductors, which are primarily of research and specialized industrial interest rather than high-volume commercial use. Chalcogenide glasses like this composition are investigated for infrared optics, nonlinear photonics, and phase-change memory applications due to their transparency in the mid- to far-infrared spectrum and switchable electronic properties, though they remain less common than their binary counterparts (such as GeSe or As2Se3) in established manufacturing.

infrared optics and windowsnonlinear photonics researchphase-change memory devicesfiber optics (specialty)thermal imaging systemslaboratory/experimental photonics

Compliance & Regulations

?EAR?Conflict Free?RoHS?REACH?TSCA?Prop 65
PropertyValueUnitConditionsSource
Band Gap(Eg)
eV
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Formation Energy(ΔHf)
eV/atom
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Regulatory Screening

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