| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1590939 | Science and Technology of Advanced Materials | 2006 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
In a recent X-ray absorption study in boron doped diamond, Nakamura et al. have seen a well isolated narrow boron impurity band in non-superconducting samples and an additional narrow band at the chemical potential in a superconducting sample. We interpret the beautiful spectra as evidence for upper Hubbard band of a Mott insulating impurity band and an additional metallic 'mid-gap band' of a conducting 'self-doped' Mott insulator. This supports the basic framework of a recent theory of the present author of strongly correlated impurity band superconductivity (impurity band resonating valence bond, IBRVB theory) in a template of a wide-gap insulator, with no direct involvement of valence band states.
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Authors
G. Baskaran,