Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol.109, No.13, 6130-6135, 2005
Selenium-tellurium sequences in binary glasses as depicted by Se-77 and Te-125 NMR
Some resolved solid state Se-77 NMR spectra are presented in the TexSe1-x vitreous system at ambient temperature. They exhibit three different kinds of Se lines assigned to the following Se atom neighborhoods: Se-Se-Se, Se-Se-Te, and Te-Se-Te. Different models were considered to describe the way the Se and Te atoms are linked into the chains: clustering process, homogeneous distribution, random distribution. Finally, thanks to the measurements of the relative intensities of the lines, it appears that Se and Te atoms are mainly randomly distributed with a small preference for heteropolar bonds. The Te-125 spectra are also shown but their resolution is too weak to be informative concerning the vitreous network.