If the distance between atoms in a crystalline lattice is increased, an energy gap appears,
which in a divalent material will separate occupied from unoccupied states of an electron. In …

Thin-film materials, normally considered metals, can exhibit behavior that is very
nonmetallic. There is an increasing body of experimental information that this phenomenon …

Ionization potentials of Al n and In n clusters (n< 80) in supercooled beams have been
measured by photoionization spectroscopy. The abrupt leveling near n= 5 of the initial linear …

Single-photon ionization thresholds are reported for mercury clusters with up to 70 atoms
prepared in a supersonic beam. The size dependence of the ionization potentials provides …

We measured the Hall constant, resistivity, and magnetoresistance of the narrow-band-gap
semiconductor TmSe 0.45 Te 0.55 at pressures up to 17 kbar and down to 4 K. As the band …

We present an investigation of the variation of the structural and electronic properties of
liquid mercury for states along the liquid-vapor coexistence line, spanning the range from …

The physics of gaseous metals in the vicinity of the critical point is analyzed. A theory is
presented for mixed states of valence electrons in percolation clusters of overlapping atoms …

Problems involving percolation in liquids (ie, involving connectivity of some sort) range from
the metal–insulator transition in liquid metals to the properties of supercooled water. A …

This work studies the pressure-induced semiconductor-to-metal transition (SMT) in the
TmSe-TmTe alloy system. This SMT is accompanied by a valence instability of the Tm ions …

The energy-dispersive x-ray-diffraction measurements for expanded fluid Hg were carried
out in the density region from 13.55 to 6.6 g cm− 3 including the metal-nonmetal (M− NM) …