2001/08/23 by Philip B. Allen
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Quantum and electron transport phenomena #Semiconductor materials and devices #Surface and Thin Film Phenomena #cond-mat.mtrl-sci #cond-mat.str-el
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0921-4526(02)00769-x
3 pages with 3 embedded figures. This article is intended for the Zacchary Fisk festschrift, which will be published in Physica B
arxiv created 2001/08/23 · openalex publication_date 2002/05/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Resistivity of metals is commonly observed either to 'escalate' beyond the Ioffe-Regel limit (mean free path l equal to lattice constant a) or to 'saturate' at this point. It is argued that neither behavior is well-understood, and that 'escalation' is not necessarily more mysterious than 'saturation.'