The polarization catastrophe and the metal–non-metal transition in disordered materials

O. Cheshnovsky Department of Chemistry, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

U. Even Department of Chemistry, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Joshua Jortner Department of Chemistry, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Abstract

We demonstrate the divergence and the discontinuity of the low-frequency dielectric constant of two-component systems at the composition which marks the metal–non-metal transition (MNMT), establishing a general criterion for the identification of the MNMT in disordered materials.

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