Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
1998-10-26
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
8 pages, revised version, minor changes
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0038-1098(99)00024-1
We argue on the basis of experimental numbers that the B=0 metal-insulator transition in two dimensions, observed in Si-MOSFETs and in other two-dimensional systems, is likely to be due to a few strongly interacting electrons, which also interact strongly with the random positively ionized impurities. At the insulating side the electrons are all bound in pairs to the ions. On the metallic side free electrons exist which are scattered by ions dressed with electron-pairs and therefore alter the bare scattering potential of the ions. The physics at the metallic side of the transition is argued to be controlled by the classical to quantum transport cross-over leading to the observed non-monotonous dependence of the resistivity on temperature. This few electrons per ion scenario appears to be an experimentally realistic and testable scenario, which can also serve as a starting point for further theoretical analysis of the two-dimensional metal-insulator transition.
Klapwijk Teum M.
Sarma Sankar Das
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