Linear temperature dependence of the conductivity in Si two-dimensional electrons near the apparent metal-to-insulator transition

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Lai, K ^a,d   Pan, W ^b   Tsui, D C ^a   Lyon, S ^a   Muhlberger M ^c   Schaffler F ^c  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33846452509     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.033314     Document Type: Article

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