Controlling metal–insulator transitions in reactively sputtered vanadium sesquioxide thin films through structure and stoichiometry

EB Thorsteinsson, S Shayestehaminzadeh… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
We present a study of V 2 O 3 thin films grown on c-plane Al 2 O 3 substrates by reactive dc-
magnetron sputtering. Our results reveal three distinct types of films displaying different …

Tuning metal-insulator transitions in epitaxial V2O3 thin films

EB Thorsteinsson, S Shayestehaminzadeh… - Applied Physics …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
We present a study of the synthesis of epitaxial V 2 O 3 films on c-plane Al 2 O 3 substrates
by reactive dc-magnetron sputtering. The results reveal a temperature window, at …

Stabilization of metallic phase in V2O3 thin film

SS Majid, DK Shukla, F Rahman, K Gautam… - Applied Physics …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
The tailoring and understanding of the metal-insulator transitions (MITs) in vanadium
sesquioxide, V 2 O 3, is of major interest for both applications and fundamental physics. V 2 …

[HTML][HTML] Toward reproducible metal-insulator transition characteristics in V2O3 thin films sputter-deposited on glass

A Rúa, K Echeverría, B Ayala, GA Goenaga… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Vanadium sesquioxide (V 2 O 3) exhibits remarkable property changes through its metal-
insulator transition near 150 K and is a very promising candidate for device applications …

Controlling metal–insulator transitions in vanadium oxide thin films by modifying oxygen stoichiometry

MH Lee, Y Kalcheim, J Valle… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Vanadium oxides are strongly correlated materials which display metal–insulator transitions
(MITs) as well as various structural and magnetic properties that depend heavily on oxygen …

Growth of ultra thin vanadium dioxide thin films using magnetron sputtering

F Song, BE White Jr - arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.03911, 2016 - arxiv.org
In this work, the results of fabricating ultra thin VO $ _2 $ films on the technologically relevant
amorphous SiO $ _2 $ surface using reactive DC magnetron sputtering are presented …

Synthesis of vanadium dioxide thin films on conducting oxides and metal–insulator transition characteristics

Y Cui, X Wang, Y Zhou, R Gordon… - Journal of crystal growth, 2012 - Elsevier
We report on growth and physical properties of vanadium dioxide (VO2) films on model
conducting oxide underlayers (Nb-doped SrTiO3 and RuO2 buffered TiO2 single crystals) …

Thickness-dependent metal–insulator transition in ultrathin films

Q Luo, Q Guo, EG Wang - Applied physics letters, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
In this study, V 2 O 3 ultrathin films about 5–20 nm thick were prepared on Al 2 O 3 (0001)
substrates through a reactive evaporation process. Auger electron spectroscopy and x-ray …

Effect of substrate and growth method on vanadium dioxide thin films by RF magnetron sputtering: Vanadium metal oxidation vs reactive sputtering

A Christensen, AB Posadas, B Zutter… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Vanadium dioxide (VO 2) undergoes a metal–insulator phase transition at∼ 70 C and has
attracted substantial interest for potential applications in electronics, including those in …

[HTML][HTML] Epitaxial growth of V2O3 thin films on Si (1 1 1) by molecular beam epitaxy

A Binetti, WF Hsu, K Schouteden, JW Seo, JP Locquet… - Results in Physics, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Vanadium sesquioxide (V 2 O 3) is a strongly correlated electron material exhibiting
two distinct metal–insulator transitions that can be tuned via strain, doping, or pressure …