Metal-Insulator Transition

Abstract

A general survey of the idea of the metal-nonmetal transition is given with particular emphasis to the following points: (a) is the transition of first order; (b) can one observe the transition; and (c) how is the transition affected when it occurs in ionic lattices or polar liquids.

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DOI

10.1103/revmodphys.40.677

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