Are the localized states in a disordered solid singly occupied?
- 28 May 1971
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics
- Vol. 4 (7) , L107-L108
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3719/4/7/013
Abstract
Mott (1969) and Cohen et al. (1969) have suggested that the bandstructure for some kinds of disordered solids consists of two bands of extended states separated by a region of energy in which only localized states exist. The density of states in this region is a continuous function of energy and the Fermi energy also occurs in this region. The author calls this the M-CFO model. The paramagnetic behaviour of the disordered solid under an external magnetic field is discussed. Unpaired electrons occupying the localized states would cause the Curie-Weiss law to be obeyed at low temperatures.Keywords
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