Novel phenomena in dilute electron systems in two dimensions.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Physics Department, City College of the City University of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA.

Published: May 1999

For the past two decades, all two-dimensional systems of electrons were believed to be insulating in the limit of zero temperature. Recent experiments provide evidence for an unexpected transition to a conducting phase at very low electron densities. The nature of this phase is not understood and is currently the focus of intense theoretical and experimental attention.

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