Metal-insulator transition in amorphous Si1-xNix: Evidence for Mott’s minimum metallic conductivity

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 14209-14223

  Mobius A ^a   Frenzel, C ^a   Thielsch, R ^a,b   Rosenbaum, R ^c   Adkins, C J ^d   Schreiber, M ^e   Bauer, H D ^a   Grotzschel R ^f   Hoffmann, V ^a   Krieg, T ^a   Matz, N ^a   Vinzelberg, H ^a   Witcomb, M ^g  

^a IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 0343724129     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.60.14209     Document Type: Article

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