Coulomb gap

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The Coulomb gap is a soft depletion of electronic states near the Fermi level in disordered or localized systems, arising from long-range electron–electron interactions.

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instanceOf electronic correlation effect ⓘ
many-body effect ⓘ
physical phenomenon ⓘ
affects single-particle density of states ⓘ
assumes localized electronic states ⓘ
poor screening of Coulomb interaction ⓘ
characterizedAs soft gap ⓘ
consequenceOf stability of ground state against single-electron excitations ⓘ
dependsOn carrier concentration ⓘ
dimensionality of the system ⓘ
disorder strength ⓘ
screening of Coulomb interaction ⓘ
differentFrom hard band gap ⓘ
effect soft depletion of electronic states ⓘ
suppression of density of states at Fermi level ⓘ
energyScale interaction energy between localized electrons ⓘ
field condensed matter physics ⓘ
disordered systems ⓘ
electron transport ⓘ
mesoscopic physics ⓘ
hasCause Coulomb repulsion ⓘ
long-range electron–electron interactions ⓘ
influences noise properties in disordered conductors ⓘ
nonlinear current–voltage characteristics ⓘ
inThreeDimensions density of states proportional to E^2 near Fermi level ⓘ
inTwoDimensions density of states proportional to |E| near Fermi level ⓘ
leadsTo Efros–Shklovskii variable-range hopping law ⓘ
mathematicalForm power-law suppression of density of states ⓘ
observedBy photoemission spectroscopy ⓘ
transport measurements ⓘ
tunneling spectroscopy ⓘ
occursIn Anderson insulators ⓘ
amorphous semiconductors ⓘ
disordered electronic systems ⓘ
doped semiconductors ⓘ
granular metals ⓘ
hopping conductors ⓘ
localized electronic systems ⓘ
two-dimensional electron systems ⓘ
occursNear Fermi level ⓘ
linked to: Fermi energy
predictedBy Alexandre Efros ⓘ
linked to: Alexei Efros

Boris Shklovskii ⓘ
predictionYear 1975 ⓘ
relatedTo Anderson localization ⓘ
Coulomb blockade ⓘ
Mott variable-range hopping ⓘ
relevantFor variable-range hopping conductivity ⓘ
temperatureDependence influences low-temperature conductivity ⓘ
theory Efros–Shklovskii theory ⓘ

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