insulator-insulator transition
1Metal–insulator transition — Metal insulator transitions are transitions from a metal (material with good electrical conductivity of electric charges) to an insulator (material where conductivity of charges is quickly suppressed). These transitions can be achieved by tuning… …
2Metal-insulator transition — Metal insulator transitions refer to changes in the transport properties of a given material. Roughly speaking, materials can be classified as metals, allowing for good conductivity of electric charges, and as insulators, where conductivity of… …
3Superconductor Insulator Transition — The Superconductor Insulator Transition is an example of a quantum phase transition, where upon tuning some parameter in the Hamiltonian, a dramatic change in the behavior of the electrons occurs. The nature of how this transition occurs is… …
4Mott transition — A Mott transition is a metal nonmetal transition in condensed matter. Due to electric field screening the potential energy becomes much sharper (exponentially) peaked around the equilibrium position of the atom and electrons become localized and… …
5Quantum phase transition — In physics, a quantum phase transition (QPT) is a phase transition between different quantum phases (phases of matter at zero temperature). Contrary to classical phase transitions, quantum phase transitions can only be accessed by varying a… …
6Mott insulator — Mott insulators are a class of materials that should conduct electricity under conventional band theories, but are insulators when measured (particularly at low temperatures). This effect is due to electron electron interactions which are not… …
7Charge ordering — (CO) is a (first or second order) phase transition occurring mostly in strongly correlated materials such as transition metal oxides or organic conductors. Due to the strong interaction, the charge is localized on different sites leading to a… …
8Samarium — promethium ← samarium → europium ↑ Sm ↓ …
9Optical lattice — Simulation of an optical lattice potential. An optical lattice is formed by the interference of counter propagating laser beams, creating a spatially periodic polarization pattern. The resulting periodic potential may trap neutral atoms via the… …
10Anderson localization — In condensed matter physics, Anderson localization, also known as strong localization, is the absence of diffusion of waves in a disordered medium. This phenomenon is named after the American physicist P. W. Anderson, who was the first one to… …
