Insulator-metal transition

Kumar, N and Sinha, KP (1971) Insulator-metal transition. In: Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences - Section A, 73 (6). pp. 313-323.

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Abstract

A theory of the insulator-metal transition in transition-metal compounds is developed in terms of the collapse of the effective energy gap which is a function of the thermally excited electron-hole pairs. This dependence is shown to arise from the hole-lattice interaction. The reaction of the lattice is found to be equivalent to generating an internal positive pressure (strain). Estimates show that the observed typical behaviour of the conductivity jump and the change of volume at the transition temperature can be explained by the present theory.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences - Section A
Publisher:	Indian Academy of Sciences
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Indian Academy of Sciences.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Mathematics
Date Deposited:	23 Jun 2010 10:56
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 06:09
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/28443

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