ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the theoretical and experimental work on the electronic structure of metallic glasses. The problem of determining the electronic structure of metallic glasses can be compared with the corresponding problem in crystalline metals, crystalline alloys, and intermetallic compounds. The chapter examines the microscopic origin of superconductivity and attempts to relate the electronic structure of metallic glasses. The importance of electronic structure in determining the systematics of superconductivity is stressed. The formation of localized moments and spin fluctuations are particularly important in understanding superconductivity in alloys. The chapter reviews the problem of electronic transport. J. P. Gaspard has theoretically examined the effects of chemical short range order on the electronic structure of metallic glasses using a tight binding description on the d bands. Since a large number of glass forming alloys contain transition and rare-earth metals as principle constituents, it is appropriate to discuss electronic structure models based on the atomic orbitals approach.
