Metal-insulator transition in correlated two-dimensional systems with disorder

Abstract

Experimental evidence for the possible universality classes of the metal-insulator transition (MIT) in two dimensions (2D) is discussed. Sufficiently strong disorder, in particular, changes the nature of the transition. Comprehensive studies of the charge dynamics are also reviewed, describing evidence that the MIT in a 2D electron system in silicon should be viewed as the melting of the Coulomb glass. Comparisons are made to recent results on novel 2D materials and quasi-2D strongly correlated systems, such as cuprates.

19 pages, 12 figures; chapter for the book "Strong Correlation Phenomena Around 2D Conductor-Insulator Transitions", edited by S. V. Kravchenko (Pan Stanford Publishing, to appear in 2016)