The polarization catastrophe and the metal–non-metal transition in disordered materials
- 1 July 1981
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Philosophical Magazine Part B
- Vol. 44 (1), 1-7
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01418638108222363
Abstract
We demonstrate the divergence and the discontinuity of the low-frequency dielectric constant of two-component systems at the composition which marks the metal–non-metal transition (MNMT), establishing a general criterion for the identification of the MNMT in disordered materials.Keywords
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