Dynamical Signature of the Mott-Hubbard Transition in Ni(S,Se)2.

Husmann, A; Jin, DS; Zastavker, YV; Rosenbaum, TF; Yao, X; Honig, JM · Science · 1996

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The transition metal chalcogenide Ni(S,Se)2 is one of the few highly correlated, Mott-Hubbard systems without a strong first-order structural distortion that normally cuts off the critical behavior at the metal-insulator transition. The zero-temperature (T) transition was tuned with pressure, and significant deviations were found near the quantum critical point from the usual T1/2 behavior of the conductivity characteristic of electron-electron interactions in the presence of disorder. The transport data for pressure and temperature below 1 kelvin could be collapsed onto a universal scaling curve.