Semiconductors with structurally determined vacancies: PAC studies

Ternary semiconductors of type Square Operator A/sup II/B/sub 2//sup III/C/sub 4//sup VI/ with an ordered array of vacancies were investigated by PAC. Thereby the six probes /sup 111m/Cd, /sup 117/Cd (/sup 117/In), /sup 111/In(/sup 111/Cd), /sup 111/Ag(/sup 111/Cd), /sup 77/Br(/sup 77/Se) and /sup 77/Kr(/sup 77/Br) were applied. The positions of the different probes are determined and the corresponding electric field gradients by the WIEN 95 code calculated. By /sup 111/Ag(/sup 111/Cd)-probes the vacancies could be substituted. The electronic charge density distributions are discussed. At elevated temperatures the substances show order- disorder transitions. As compared to the X-ray diffraction patterns the beginning of disorder is observed by PAC at distinctly lower temperatures. (7 refs).