“…Though the measurement of E g has not been performed in the present work, E g has been reported to decrease with increasing antimony content in a similar Se-Te-Sb system [38], and in other glassy systems such as Se-Sb [39] and Sb-Ge-Se [40]. Further, the number of weakest Te-Te bonds increase with Sb content in the Sb x Se 55Àx Te 45 (2 6 x 6 9) system, particularly for x > 4.…”