Charge Transport in Synthetic Metals
The phenomenology of charge transport in synthetic metals is reviewed. It is argued that the conventional quasiparticle picture and Boltzmann transport theory do not apply to these materials. The central ideas of Fermi liquid theory are reviewed, and the significant corrections produced by quasiparticle scattering from ferromagnetic spin fluctuations in liquid {sup 3}He are described. It is shown that Sr{sub 2}RuO{sub 4} does not display the symptoms of a nearly-ferromagnetic Fermi liquid, so the source of its odd angular momentum pairing remains to be understood. The solution of an assisted-tunneling model of charge transport in quasi-one dimensional materials is described. This model has a quantum critical point and gives a resistivity that is linear in temperature or frequency, whichever is greater.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-98CH10886
- OSTI ID:
- 770792
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-66179; R&D Project: PO-15; KC-02-02-03; TRN: US200433%%99
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Conference on Physical Phenomena in High Magnetic Fields III, Tallahassee, FL (US), 10/1998; Other Information: PBD: 15 Jan 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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