Metal-insulator-like behavior in semimetallic bismuth and graphite

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 16, 2005, Pages

  Du, Xu ^a   Tsai, Shan Wen ^a,b   Maslov, Dmitrii L ^a   Hebard, Arthur F ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEMENTAL SEMIMETALS; HALL MEASUREMENTS; SEMIMETALLIC BISMUTH; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GRAPHITE; HALL EFFECT; METAL INSULATOR TRANSITION; METALLOIDS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

BISMUTH;

EID: 18144387621     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.166601     Document Type: Article

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