@ARTICLE{Kisiel_A._Local_2017, author={Kisiel, A. and Robouch, B.V. and Marcelli, A.}, volume={vol. 25}, number={No 3}, journal={Opto-Electronics Review}, pages={242-250}, howpublished={online}, year={2017}, publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences (under the auspices of the Committee on Electronics and Telecommunication) and Association of Polish Electrical Engineers in cooperation with Military University of Technology}, abstract={A description of the status of the art of experimental and theoretical investigations of local crystalline structures of tetrahedron ordered ternary and quaternary semiconducting alloys is presented. Experimental EXAFS data and FTIR analysis are summarized and analyzed using both the Rigid Network Cations theoretical model and the Strained-tetrahedra model. Internal preferences of ion pairs in ternary and quaternary alloys are discussed. Several ternary systems of different structures show ideal quasi-canonical Bernoulli distributions, while others are characterized by extreme preferences in which one, several or even all configurations are depressed or even lacking. The results demonstrate that the validity of the Bernoulli distribution is limited and not fulfilled in many systems. This article is an expanded version of the scientific reports presented at the International Conference on Semiconductor Nanostructures for Optoelectronics and Biosensors 2016 ICSeNOB2016, May 22–25, 2016, Rzeszow, Poland.}, type={Article}, title={Local crystalline structure of multinary semiconducting alloys: Random vs. ordered distributions}, URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/115374/PDF/main.pdf}, keywords={Local crystal structure, Tetrahedron ordered semiconductors, Statistical model, EXAFS, FTIR, Site occupation preferences, Sizes and shape of elemental tetrahedra}, }