Impurity Scattering

Impurity Scattering is a scattering mechanism in condensed matter physics wherein the propagation of charge carriers is disrupted by structural imperfections or foreign atoms embedded in a crystalline lattice, distinguishing it from other scattering processes by its static and spatially random nature.

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2017–2026

221

Variants

Defect Scattering

Authors

4.5K

  1. SD
    S. Das Sarma

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    27 publications · 4K citations

    20

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  2. PJ
    P. J. Hirschfeld

    University of Florida, United States

    11 publications · 1.3K citations

    11

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  3. HF
    Hidetoshi Fukuyama

    The University of Tokyo, Japan

    10 publications · 677 citations

    10

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  4. JP
    J. P. Ćarbotte

    McMaster University, Canada

    10 publications · 355 citations

    10

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  5. EH
    E. H. Hwang

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    10 publications · 2.7K citations

    10

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  1. Physical review. B, Condensed matter

    PRB · 251 publications · 15.7K citations

    60

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  2. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 133 publications · 12.5K citations

    59

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  3. Journal of Applied Physics

    135 publications · 7.2K citations

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  4. Physical Review B

    PRB · 135 publications · 6.8K citations

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  5. Physical Review

    76 publications · 21.4K citations

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