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Localized States

Localized States is a quantum mechanical phenomenon in amorphous semiconductors whereby electronic states confine charge carriers to spatially restricted regions due to structural disorder, preventing extended Bloch wave propagation and distinguishing them from delocalized conduction and valence band states.

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Strong localization of photons in certain disordered dielectric superlattices

Sajeev John · Physical Review Letters · 1987 · 9.9K citations · Full text

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Scaling Theory of Localization: Absence of Quantum Diffusion in Two Dimensions

Elihu Abrahams, Philip W. Anderson, D. C. Licciardello et al. · Physical Review Letters · 1979 · 6.1K citations

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Conduction in non-crystalline systems V. Conductivity, optical absorption and photoconductivity in amorphous semiconductors

E. A. Davis, N. F. Mott · Philosophical magazine · 1970 · 4.3K citations

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Electronic wave functions in semiconductor clusters: experiment and theory

Louis E. Brus · The Journal of Physical Chemistry · 1986 · 3.2K citations

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Organic Field-Effect Transistors

Gilles Horowitz · Advanced Materials · 1998 · 2.4K citations

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  1. NF
    N. F. Mott

    Cavendish Hospital, United Kingdom

    17 publications · 9K citations

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  2. SD
    S. D. Baranovskiǐ

    Philipps University of Marburg, Germany

    22 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. DA
    D. A. Drabold

    Ohio University, United States

    18 publications · 996 citations

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  4. EN
    E. N. Economou

    University of Crete, Greece

    17 publications · 1.3K citations

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  5. YS
    Yuri S. Kivshar

    Australian National University, Australia

    13 publications · 1.7K citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    49 h-index

    495 publications

    21.1K citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    36 h-index

    173 publications

    20.9K citations

  3. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    35 h-index

    122 publications

    8K citations

  4. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    34 h-index

    182 publications

    8.4K citations

  5. Philipps University of Marburg

    Marburg, Germany

    32 h-index

    137 publications

    8.5K citations

  6. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    Berkeley, United States

    32 h-index

    177 publications

    13.4K citations

  7. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    32 h-index

    95 publications

    37.6K citations

  8. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    32 h-index

    84 publications

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  1. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 333 publications · 57.3K citations

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  2. Physical review. B, Condensed matter

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  3. Physical Review B

    PRB · 233 publications · 12.9K citations

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  4. Applied Physics Letters

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  5. Journal of Applied Physics

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