Abstract
After an introduction to inversion layers and a summary of the theoretical ideas concerning the expected effects of disorder in such systems, the observed behaviour near the threshold of conduction is reviewed. Although the system shows a classic metal-insulator transition, the detailed behaviour is not consistent with an independent-particle mobility edge model. A new model is proposed in which correlation causes the carriers to behave like a viscous liquid near the conduction threshold. The new model provides quantitative explanations of many observed properties. Other experiments are suggested by which it may be further tested.
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Thermal conductionInversion (geology)Condensed matter physicsStatistical physicsMaterials sciencePhysicsGeologyThermodynamics
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- 1978
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 851-883
- Citations
- 57
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C. J. Adkins
(1978).
Threshold conduction in inversion layers.
Journal of Physics C Solid State Physics
, 11
(5)
, 851-883.
https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3719/11/5/008
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- DOI
- 10.1088/0022-3719/11/5/008