Phases intermediate between a two-dimensional electron liquid and Wigner crystal

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 15, 2004, Pages

  Spivak, Boris ^a   Kivelson, Steven A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; METAL OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON; ENTROPY; LIQUID; METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; MICROEMULSION; PHASE TRANSITION; SEMICONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 42749108035     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.155114     Document Type: Article

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