%0 Journal Article %1 lor02 %A Lorenzana, J. %A Castellani, C. %A Castro, C. Di %D 2002 %J Europhys. Lett. %K high-tc, htsct, theory %N 5 %P 704 %R 10.1209/epl/i2002-00520-y %T Mesoscopic frustrated phase separation in electronic systems %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2002-00520-y %V 57 %X We analyze phase separation (PS) among two electronic phases, frustrated by the long-range Coulomb interaction. We define a dimensionless parameter l which characterizes the degree of frustration. Frustrated PS appears abruptly as a function of the global electronic density and exhibits strong nonlinearities as compared with ordinary PS. Inhomogeneities of one phase, hosted by the other phase, result on a scale of the order of or smaller than the electric-field screening length. In general above a critical l the system remains in a single phase except close to a critical electronic density where PS among neutral phases is accompanied by a lattice instability. %Z frustrated phase sep.

@article{lor02, abstract = {We analyze phase separation (PS) among two electronic phases, frustrated by the long-range Coulomb interaction. We define a dimensionless parameter l which characterizes the degree of frustration. Frustrated PS appears abruptly as a function of the global electronic density and exhibits strong nonlinearities as compared with ordinary PS. Inhomogeneities of one phase, hosted by the other phase, result on a scale of the order of or smaller than the electric-field screening length. In general above a critical l the system remains in a single phase except close to a critical electronic density where PS among neutral phases is accompanied by a lattice instability.}, added-at = {2008-06-25T19:30:29.000+0200}, annote = {frustrated phase sep.}, author = {Lorenzana, J. and Castellani, C. and Castro, C. Di}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2944c04aa4f93795af3cb08b7eb13d8a4/jgl}, citeulike-article-id = {2547098}, comment = {frustrated phase sep.}, doi = {10.1209/epl/i2002-00520-y}, interhash = {1ac7f9d89527834b52a18677df5e17bb}, intrahash = {944c04aa4f93795af3cb08b7eb13d8a4}, journal = {Europhys. Lett.}, keywords = {high-tc, htsct, theory}, number = 5, pages = 704, posted-at = {2008-03-17 16:08:21}, priority = {2}, timestamp = {2008-06-25T19:31:19.000+0200}, title = {Mesoscopic frustrated phase separation in electronic systems}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2002-00520-y}, volume = 57, year = 2002 }