Identification of a Class of Disordered One-Dimensional Conductors

Aaron N. Bloch; R. Bruce Weisman; C. M. Varma

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.28.753

Identification of a Class of Disordered One-Dimensional Conductors

Aaron N. Bloch, R. Bruce Weisman, and C. M. Varma

Phys. Rev. Lett. 28, 753 – Published 20 March 1972

Abstract

We find that over thirty solids having high one-dimensional conductivity form a class of materials whose electronic properties are determined principally by structural disorder.

Received 18 January 1972

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.28.753

Authors & Affiliations

Aaron N. Bloch and R. Bruce Weisman^*

Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218

C. M. Varma^†

Department of Physics and The James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637

^*Present address: Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. 60637.
^†Permanent address: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, N. J. 07974.