We demonstrate that introducing disorder to a system of interacting fermions can lead to a metal-dielectric transition (MDT) in it. Additionally, depending on the relationship between the degree of disorder and the real physical dimensionality, d, the phase transition can change from a second to a first order. To model the disorder, we replace the ordinary single-particle kinetic energy operator with a fractional Laplacian with a L & eacute;vy index of 0 < alpha < 2. In this case, the parameter alpha serves as a phenomenological descriptor of the degree of disorder. Our analysis of the system conductivity has allowed us to obtain criteria for the stability of the metallic phase against MDT, depending on the spatial dimension d. We have compared our results with many experimental features of real physical systems like graphene. Furthermore, our findings, which involve varying the degree of disorder using the parameter alpha, have allowed us to show how to improve the controllability of the optimal thickness and electron mobility in transition metal dichalcogenide channel transistors and other microelectronic devices.
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Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Microsoft Res, Stn Q, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
Stanford Univ, Dept Phys, Stanford, CA 94305 USAUniv Calif Santa Barbara, Microsoft Res, Stn Q, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
Qi, Xiao-Liang
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Zhang, Shou-Cheng
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Stanford Univ, Dept Phys, Stanford, CA 94305 USAUniv Calif Santa Barbara, Microsoft Res, Stn Q, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
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Univ Fed Rio Grande do Norte, Int Inst Phys, BR-59072970 Natal, RN, Brazil
Max Planck Inst Solid State Res, D-70569 Stuttgart, GermanyUniv Augsburg, Inst Phys, D-86159 Augsburg, Germany