Abstract
The temperature dependence of the dc conductivity has been measured on sputtered amorphous carbon films. The conductivity is proportional to with over a wide temperature range, suggesting for the first time that the multiphonon tunneling transition with weak electron-lattice coupling of localized electrons is a probable mechanism for charge transport. This may be attributed to the delocalized nature of the defect in amorphous carbon.
- Received 3 February 1988
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.61.994
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