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Zhang, X.X., Wan, C., Liu, H., Li, Z.Q., Sheng, P. and Lin, J.J. (2001) Giant Hall Effect in Nonmagnetic Granular Metal Films. Physical Review Letters, 86, 5562-5565. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.5562

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• TITLE: The Origin of the Giant Hall Effect in Metal-Insulator Composites

  AUTHORS: Joachim Sonntag

  KEYWORDS: Metal-Insulator Composites, Granular Metals, Hall Coefficient, Conductivity, Electron Density

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Composite Materials, Vol.6 No.3, July 1, 2016

  ABSTRACT: Near the metal-insulator transition, the Hall coefficient R of metal-insulator composites (M-I composite) can be up to 104 times larger than that in the pure metal called Giant Hall effect. Applying the physical model for alloys with phase separation developed in [1] [2], we conclude that the Giant Hall effect is caused by an electron transfer away from the metallic phase to the insulating phase occupying surface states. These surface states are the reason for the granular structure typical for M-I composites. This electron transfer can be described by [1] [2], provided that long-range diffusion does not happen during film production (n is the electron density in the phase A. uAand uB are the volume fractions of the phase A (metallic phase) and phase B (insulator phase). β is a measure for the average potential difference between the phases A and B). A formula for calculation of R of composites is derived and applied to experimental data of granular Cu1-y(SiO2)y and Ni1-y(SiO2)y films.