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Metals with Small Electron Mean-Free Path: Saturation versus Escalation of Resistivity

Philip B. Allen

cond-mat.str-elarXiv:cond-mat/0108343

Abstract

Resistivity of metals is commonly observed either to 'escalate' beyond the Ioffe-Regel limit (mean free path l equal to lattice constant a) or to 'saturate' at this point. It is argued that neither behavior is well-understood, and that 'escalation' is not necessarily more mysterious than 'saturation.'

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