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Mooij rule and weak localization

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It has been shown that the observed correlation between the resistivity ρ of high-resistivity metallic alloys and the sign of the temperature derivative of their resistivity can be explained by taking into account the weak localization effect. This correlation is as follows: the derivative dρ/dT is negative for alloys with resistivity in the range of 150–300 μΩ cm, which corresponds to the mean free path of electrons about the interatomic distance; however, this derivative is positive for alloys with lower resistivities (Mooij rule).

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  1. Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow region, 142432, Russia

    V. F. Gantmakher

  2. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Institutskii per. 9, Dolgoprudnyi, Moscow region, 141700, Russia

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Original Russian Text © V.F. Gantmakher, 2011, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Eksperimental’noi i Teoreticheskoi Fiziki, 2011, Vol. 94, No. 8, pp. 668–671.

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Gantmakher, V.F. Mooij rule and weak localization. Jetp Lett. 94, 626–628 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0021364011200033

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