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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Rui Zhang, Tiantian Huang, Wanli Yang, Lepeng Zhang, Peiran Xu, Zhimin Chen, Xin Chen, Ning Dai
Summary: This article describes the implementation of an Insulator-metal transition (IMT) in metallic VO2-x nanobeams through artificially implanting an insulating VO2 segment. It demonstrates an abrupt temperature-dependent resistance change in the VO2-x nanobeam with implanted VO2 segment. This research is expected to contribute to the understanding of correlated oxides and the construction of IMT-based sensors and transistors.
PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI-RAPID RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
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Physics, Applied
Shingo Genchi, Mahito Yamamoto, Takuya Iwasaki, Shu Nakaharai, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Yutaka Wakayama, Hidekazu Tanaka
Summary: In this study, the relationship between the metallic domain size and the device-size-dependent MIT property of VO2 thin films grown on hBN was investigated. The results showed that VO2/hBN microwires exhibit multi-level step-like resistivity changes in the micrometer scale due to the confined metallic domains.
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Felip Sandiumenge, Laura Rodriguez, Miguel Pruneda, Cesar Magen, Jose Santiso, Gustau Catalan
Summary: Observation of ferroelastic tweed structures in vanadium dioxide on a nanometer scale provides new insights into its metal-insulator transition. Density functional theory calculations reveal that these structures are weaved by vanadium chains, acting as a bridge to the insulating state.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Viktor Jonsson, Luca Piazza, Martin Mansson, Jonas Weissenrieder, Oscar Tjernberg, Sergiy Khartsev, Yasmine Sassa, Daniel G. Mazzone, Nicolas Gauthier, Matthias Muntwiler, Chin Shen Ong, Diana Iusan, Patrik Thunstrom, Olle Eriksson
Summary: In the metal-to-insulator transition of VO2 thin films, the experimental results show the importance of electron-electron correlations in establishing the insulating state, with an overall energy shift and compression of the electronic band structure observed across the transition.
PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Ioanna Mela, Chetan Poudel, Miguel Anaya, Geraud Delport, Kyle Frohna, Stuart Macpherson, Tiarnan A. S. Doherty, Anna Scheeder, Samuel D. Stranks, Clemens F. Kaminski
Summary: This study investigates the mechanical properties of halide perovskite films using a combination of microscopy techniques, revealing the presence of mechanical boundaries associated with bromide-rich clusters. Selective modifications in stiffer regions occur upon light soaking the sample, resulting in an overall homogenization of the mechanical properties towards the bulk material. This behavior is attributed to light-induced ion migration processes, accompanied by photoluminescence enhancement in the same region.
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Physics, Applied
Shingo Genchi, Shu Nakaharai, Takuya Iwasaki, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Yutaka Wakayama, Azusa N. N. Hattori, Hidekazu Tanaka
Summary: Vanadium dioxide (VO2) shows an insulator-metal transition (IMT) and a significant resistance change, which is attractive for device applications like switching. The behavior of individual domains determines the overall IMT property of the VO2 sample, allowing the identification and utilization of steep resistance changes from single domains. Unique step resistance changes are observed in micro-structured VO2 thin films on hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) due to the confined metallic domains. This study demonstrated step electrical switching in a two-terminal VO2 sample on hBN and revealed how the emergence of metallic domains in the micrometer space contributes to the increase in electric current.
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
(2023)
Article
Physics, Applied
Dustin Schrecongost, Hai-Tian Zhang, Roman Engel-Herbert, Cheng Cen
Summary: The nano-optical and nanoelectronic properties of VO2 can be programmed through the local injection of oxygen vacancies by atomic force microscope writing. The dynamic evolution of the patterned domain structures is studied in this work, showing the critical threshold doping level for the metal-insulator transition and defect stabilization. The diffusion of oxygen vacancies in the monoclinic phase is characterized, which determines the short lifetimes of sub-100 nm domain structures.
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Long Yuan, Zhiyan Hu, Changmin Hou, Xiangdong Meng
Summary: This paper evaluates the applicable possibility of spin-coated VO2 film for intelligent thermal management applications by characterizing its phase transition and optical properties. The results show that the spin-coated VO2 film exhibits good thermochromic properties and potential for thermal management in the infrared region.
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Minguk Jo, Ye-Won Seo, Hyojin Yoon, Yeon-Seo Nam, Si-Young Choi, Byung Joon Choi, Junwoo Son
Summary: Embedded metallic nanoparticles enhance the metastability and memory effects of metallic domains in VO2 switches. Control of percolative dynamics of metal and insulator domains during electrically triggered insulator-metal transition underlies applications in energy-efficient switches and non-Boolean computing.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Sen Yang, Mingcan Li, Peng Cao, Long Zhang, Qunbing Zhang, Boyu Cai, Yong Fang
Summary: The mechanical properties of multiphase Ti-based bulk metallic glass composites (BMGCs) were studied, and the effect of brittle intermetallic phase on the properties was discussed. The microstructure was adjusted to enhance the yield strength using minor Sn addition.
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING
(2022)
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Shuvankar Gupta, Sudip Chakraborty, Santanu Pakhira, Celine Barreteau, Jean-Claude Crivello, Bilwadal Bandyopadhyay, Jean Marc Greneche, Eric Alleno, Chandan Mazumdar
Summary: In this study, a novel quaternary Heusler alloy-FeMnVAl-has been synthesized and its structural, magnetic, transport, and electronic properties have been studied through theoretical calculations and experiments. The presence of site disorder between the Fe and Mn atoms in the stable ordered structure of the system is observed. The magnetic measurements confirm the ferromagnetic behavior and the Mossbauer spectroscopy measurements suggest that only the Mn spins are responsible for the magnetic order.
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Shishir Kumar Pandey, Abhinav Kumar, Sagar Sarkar, Priya Mahadevan
Summary: Through a combination of ab initio electronic structure calculations and microscopic modeling, the study investigates the origin of a charge-ordered ferromagnetic insulating state in VO2 with 12.5% Cr doping, successfully reproducing the state and charge ordering at V and Cr sites. The quantification of the energy gain from different exchange pathways sheds light on the role of charge ordering in stabilizing the ferromagnetic insulating state.
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Physics, Multidisciplinary
Zhengguo Wang, Weiliang Yao, Yudi Wang, Ziming Xin, Tingting Han, Lei Chen, Yi Ou, Cong Cai, Yuan Li, Yan Zhang
Summary: In this study, two distinct metal-insulator transitions were discovered in 1T-TaS2 using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and in-situ rubidium deposition. The results successfully differentiate the metallic, band-insulating, and Mott-insulating phases of 1T-TaS2, revealing a delicate balance among electron-itineracy, interlayer-coupling, and Coulomb repulsion.
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Wenhao Zhang, Zongxiu Wu, Kunliang Bu, Ying Fei, Yuan Zheng, Jingjing Gao, Xuan Luo, Zheng Liu, Yu-Ping Sun, Yi Yin
Summary: This study investigates the electronic state of 1T-TaSe2 using scanning tunneling microscopy. Insulating and metallic states are found in different areas of the same sample, and the insulating state is similar to that in 1T-TaS2. Further investigations reveal that the electronic state measured on the upper-layer surface is associated with different stacking orders and the lower layer's electronic state.
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Jianfa Zhao, Shu-Chih Haw, Xiao Wang, Lipeng Cao, Hong-Ji Lin, Chien-Te Chen, Christoph J. Sahle, Arata Tanaka, Jin-Ming Chen, Changqing Jin, Zhiwei Hu, Liu Hao Tjeng
Summary: We have conducted x-ray absorption spectroscopy at the lead L3 and chromium L2,3 edges to investigate the local electronic structure of PbCrO3. Our findings show that lead is divalent and chromium is charge-disproportionated into trivalent and hexavalent states at ambient pressures, explaining their insulating behavior. The study of the high-resolution partial fluorescence yield of lead L3 spectra as a function of pressure reveals that the divalent state of lead ions remains unchanged at high pressures, when PbCrO3 changes into metal and its volume collapses by more than 10%. We infer that the insulator-to-metal transition does not involve a Pb-Cr charge transfer, but is associated with the conversion of Cr3+/Cr6+ charge-disproportionated states into a Cr4+ valence state.
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Davinder Singh, C. S. Yadav, B. Viswanath
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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Davinder Singh, B. Viswanath
SCRIPTA MATERIALIA
(2017)
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Materials Science, Ceramics
M. Sribalaji, Davinder Singh, Swarnima Singh, Aminul Islam, Mayank Kumar Pandey, B. Viswanath, Anup Kumar Keshri
CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
(2018)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Davinder Singh, B. Mallesham, Akshay Deshinge, Kunal Joshi, R. Ranjith, Viswanath Balakrishnan
MATERIALS RESEARCH EXPRESS
(2018)
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Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Davinder Singh, Viswanath Balakrishnan
JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING
(2019)
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Materials Science, Ceramics
Divya Verma, Davinder Singh, Pawan Kumar, Piyush Avasthi, Viswanath Balakrishnan
CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL
(2019)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Pawan Kumar, Davinder Singh, Viswanath Balakrishnan
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
(2019)
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
R. K. Maurya, Davinder Singh
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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Davinder Singh, Prashant Mittal, Nitya Nand Gosvami, Viswanath Balakrishnan
ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS
(2019)
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Pawan Kumar, B. Viswanath