文摘
Whether the apparent metal-insulator transition in two-dimensional (2D) correlated electron system is a true quantum phase transition or is a crossover phenomena—this question is in the core of ongoing debates. I present here a novel scenario of this phenomenon, based on experimental finding of the two-phase state in the correlated 2D system. The transport features in the suggested picture are the finite temperature phenomena and a consequence of the magnetic phase transition; the latter manifests in the sign change of the spin magnetization-per-electron. Physically, the magnetic transition means changing the tendency of the two-phase system to either paramagnetic Fermi liquid state (high density), or to the disordered ferromagnet (low density).