TRANSPORT PROPERTIES : MAINLY IN LIQUID METALS AND AMORPHOUS SILICON

The following sections are included:

• Introduction

• Self–motion S_s(k,ω) and dynamical structure factor S(k,ω) in liquids

  • Van Hove Dynamical Structure Factor S(k,ω)

  • Approximate formulae Relating D and η for Liquid Metals Just Above the Freezing Point

• Relation between longitudinal and transverse effects in ionic and electronic transport

  • Relation of Thomson Coefficient to Ettingshausen and Hall Coefficients in a Liquid Metal

  • Ionic Transport: Longitudinal and Transverse Effects

  • Calculation of Transverse Ionic Density Profile

  • The Haeffner Effect : Qualitative Explanation

• Force–force correlation function and electrical resistivity of liquid metals

  • Exact Resistivity Formula for Finite–Range Spherical potential

  • Weak Scattering Theory of Electrical Resistivity

  • Strong Correlations in Electrical Resistivity : Relation to Magnetic Susceptibility

• Thermal conductivity and localization in amorphous silicon

  • Some background and experimental findings

  • Results for pure amorphous silicon

• APPENDIX 5.1 MODIFICATION OF STOKES–EINSTEIN RELATION FOR LIQUID METALS

• APPENDIX 5.2 DERIVATION OF INVERSE–TRANSPORT THEORY FOR NON–INTERACTING ELECTRONS

• APPENDIX 5.3 WIEDEMANN–FRANZ LAW

  • Fermi Liquid Model of Wiedemann–Fram Law up to Metal–Insulator Transition

• References