Conduction in granular metals with potential disorder
- 20 January 1987
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics
- Vol. 20 (2) , 235-244
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3719/20/2/006
Abstract
The author presents a detailed analysis of conduction in discontinuous metals based on the traditional model but taking into account both the statistical aspects of relevant structural features and the presence of potential disorder. The analysis predicts conductivity with a temperature dependence close to simple activation at all temperatures. It is argued that an essential feature of the physics of transport in these systems has yet to be identified and incorporated into a satisfactory detailed model.Keywords
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