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The microhardness of chalcogenide glasses (ChGs) of the Sn–Sb–Se (SSS) ternary system was investigated, and the correlation of microhardness with the mean coordination number of the SSS ChGs was determined. To prepare infrared‐transparent SSS glass‐ceramics (GCs), two SSS ChGs (A, Sn6.23Sb14.11Se79.66; B, Sn9.8Sb17.22Se72.98; by molar composition) were selected and thermally treated at 433 and 448 K, respectively. The improved microhardness (with values that increased by 11.5% and 7.3% for SSS ChG A and B, respectively) of the resulting SSS GCs is attributed to the formation of Sb2Se3 nanocrystals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A systematic investigation of the optical and structural properties of chalcogenide glasses in Ge-Sn-Se ternary system is presented. We have found a threshold behavior of optical property, namely, existence of transitional composition of the Ge-Sn-Se glasses, with progressive replacement of Se by Sn. Calculation of mean coordination number indicates that the transition-like feature of optical property is associated with the evolution of chemical ordering of the Ge-Sn-Se network. Analysis of Raman spectra of the glasses explains that the interaction between Se-Se bonds, Sn(Se1/2)4 tetrahedra, and Sn-Sn homopolar bonds is the origination of such optical phenomenon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]