Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2010-06-18
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
4 pages, 2 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett
Scientific paper
We introduce a theoretical framework for computing transport coefficients for complex materials. As a first example, we resolve long-standing inconsistencies between experiment and theory pertaining to the conductivity and Hall mobility for amorphous silicon and show that the Hall sign anomaly is a consequence of localized states. Next, we compute the AC conductivity of amorphous polyanaline. The formalism is applicable to complex materials involving defects and band-tail states originating from static topological disorder and extended states. The method may be readily integrated with current \textit{ab initio} methods.
Drabold David A.
Zhang Man-Lian
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