New liquid phase and metal-insulator transition in Si MOSFETs

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作者
He, S [1 ]
Xie, XC
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[1] AT&T Bell Labs, Lucent Technol, Murray Hill, NJ 07974 USA
[2] Oklahoma State Univ, Dept Phys, Stillwater, OK 74078 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.3324
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We argue that there is a new liquid phase in the two-dimensional electron system in Si MOSFETs at low enough electron densities. The recently observed metal-insulator transition results as a crossover from the percolation transition of the liquid phase through the disorder landscape in the system below the liquid-gas critical temperature. The consequences of our theory are discussed for variety of physical properties relevant to the recent experiments.
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