scholarly journals Phase separation in the two-dimensional electron liquid in MOSFETs

2002 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 337-341
Author(s):  
B. Spivak

We show that the existence of an intermediate phase between the Fermi liquid and the Wigner crystal phases is a generic property of the two-dimensional pure electron liquid in MOSFET's at zero temperature. The physical reason for the existence of the phases is a partial separation of the uniform phases. We discuss properties of these phases and a possible explanation of experimental results on transport properties of low density electron gas in MOSFET's. We also argue that in certain range of parameters the partial phase separation corresponds to a supersolid phase discussed in [25].

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