• 文献标题:   Functionalized graphene as a model system for the two-dimensional metal-insulator transition
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   OSOFSKY MS, HERNANDEZ SC, NATH A, WHEELER VD, WALTON SG, KROWNE CM, GASKILL DK
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  • 出版物名称:   SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
  • ISSN:   2045-2322
  • 通讯作者地址:   Naval Res Lab
  • 被引频次:   7
  • DOI:   10.1038/srep19939
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

Reports of metallic behavior in two-dimensional (2D) systems such as high mobility metal-oxide field effect transistors, insulating oxide interfaces, graphene, and MoS2 have challenged the well-known prediction of Abrahams, et al. that all 2D systems must be insulating. The existence of a metallic state for such a wide range of 2D systems thus reveals a wide gap in our understanding of 2D transport that has become more important as research in 2D systems expands. A key to understanding the 2D metallic state is the metal-insulator transition (MIT). In this report, we explore the nature of a disorder induced MIT in functionalized graphene, a model 2D system. Magneto-transport measurements show that weak-localization overwhelmingly drives the transition, in contradiction to theoretical assumptions that enhanced electron-electron interactions dominate. These results provide the first detailed picture of the nature of the transition from the metallic to insulating states of a 2D system.