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Metal-insulator transition in 2D: a role of the upper Habbard band

V. I. Kozub·and N. V. Agrinskaya
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To explain the main features of the metal-insulator transition (MIT) in 2D we suggest a simple model taking into account strongly localized states in the band tail of 2D conductivity band with a specific emphasize of a role of doubly-occupied states (upper Hubbard band). The metallic behavior of resistance is explained as result of activation of localized electrons to conductance band leading to a suppression of non-linear screening of the disorder potential. The magnetoresistance (MR) in the critical region is related to depopulation of double occupied localized states also leading to partial suppression of the nonlinear screening. The most informative data are related to nearly activated temperature dependence of MR in strongly insulating limit (which can be in particular reached from the metallic state in high enough fields). According to our model this behavior originates due to a lowering of a position of chemical potential in the upper Hubbard band due to Zeeman splitting. We compare the theoretical predictions to the existing experimental data and demonstrate that the model explains such features of the 2D MIT as scaling behavior in the critical region, saturation of MR and H/T scaling of MR in the insulating limit. The quantitative analysis of MR in strongly insulating limit based on the model suggested leads to the values of g-factors being in good agreement with known values for localized states in corresponding materials.

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V. I. Kozub, and N. V. Agrinskaya. 2001-04-13. Metal-insulator transition in 2D: a role of the upper Habbard band. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.64.245103

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