Metal-insulator transition during the order-disorder transition of a metastable phase in the Zn-Sb system
Barkalov O. I. , Belash I. T., Gantmakher V. F., Ponyatovskii E. G. , Teplinskii V. M.
Analysis of the electrical characteristics of a Zn43Sb57 sample shows that the order-disorder transition of the metastable crystalline phase during heating occurs initially along grain boundaries. As a result, a granular metal forms.