METAL TO INSULATOR TRANSITION OF K-SN ZINTL SYSTEM INVESTIGATED BY ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOELECTRON-SPECTROSCOPY

Citation
A. Gremaud et al., METAL TO INSULATOR TRANSITION OF K-SN ZINTL SYSTEM INVESTIGATED BY ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOELECTRON-SPECTROSCOPY, Helvetica Physica Acta, 71, 1998, pp. 17-18
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
ISSN journal
00180238
Volume
71
Year of publication
1998
Supplement
1
Pages
17 - 18
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-0238(1998)71:<17:MTITOK>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Due to structural effects the intermetallic phases of certain alloys o f alkali and polyvalent metals reveal a metal to non-metal transition as a function of concentration ratio. This transition is observed by v alence band spectroscopy on K-x Sn1-x thin films with synchrotron radi ation.