Preferred Label : switching transition;
IUPAC definition : A transition in semiconductive glasses in which, beyond a critical applied voltage,
there is an avalanche breakdown of conducting electrons that causes local melting
and hence local crystallization that gives metallic conductivity.;
Origin ID : S06205;
See also
A transition in semiconductive glasses in which, beyond a critical applied voltage,
there is an avalanche breakdown of conducting electrons that causes local melting
and hence local crystallization that gives metallic conductivity.