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Eighth Sir Nevill Mott Lecture
History of the Mott Metal-Insulator Transition
Professor Philip W Anderson
(Princeton University)
Nobel Prize for Physics, 1977
The Department of Physics at Loughborough University
invites you to the Sir Nevill Mott Lecture 2002. This year’s speaker,
Professor Philip W. Anderson, received the Nobel Prize in 1977 together
with Sir Nevill Mott.
14.30, Friday 1 November 2002 in T003 (Wolfson Building)
Hosted by Department of Physics, Loughborough University
The occurrence of solids in the form of either metals
or insulators has been a very fundamental observation in physics, but one which
has challenged theory. While in insulators electrons are essentially localised
on atoms, in a metal electrons can move around freely through the solid. The
question arises as to what mechanism, on an atomic scale, may be responsible
for this change in electron behaviour. Such a question was made particularly
relevant with the experimental observation that substances exist for which a
change of external parameters, such as temperature, will induce a transition
from a metal to an insulator. One such example is V2O3
for which the electrical resistivity changes by a factor of 107
at the metal-insulator phase transition! This talk will address the physics of the metal insulator
phase transition from a historic perspective. Professor Anderson and Sir Nevill
Mott have both made very important contributions to this area of physics, which
have been recognised with the award of the Nobel Prize in 1977.
The Sir Nevill Mott lecture series at Loughborough
was inaugurated by Sir Nevill Mott in 1995. Previous lectures
For further information contact
Dr Klaus Neumann
(01509) 223310
Department of Physics
Loughborough University
Loughborough, Leics LE11 3TU
4 December, 2005
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