The metal-insulator transition: A perspective

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 356, Issue 1735, 1998, Pages 5-22

  Edwards, P P ^a   Johnston, R L ^a   Rao, C N R ^b   Tunstall, D P ^c   Hensel, F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity; Electron electron interactions; Metal insulator transition; Metal non metal transition; Minimum metallic conductivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042919499     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1998.0146     Document Type: Review

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