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 …

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 …

Correlation between strain and the metal–insulator transition in epitaxial V2O3 thin films grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy

L Dillemans, RR Lieten, M Menghini, T Smets, JW Seo… - Thin solid films, 2012 - Elsevier
We report on the deposition of high quality epitaxial V2O3 thin films on (0001) oriented
Al2O3 substrates with Molecular Beam Epitaxy. Growth of smooth V2O3 films with root mean …

Structural and electronic properties of epitaxial V2O3 thin films

B Sass, C Tusche, W Felsch, N Quaas… - Journal of Physics …, 2003 - iopscience.iop.org
Thin films of V 2 O 3 with thickness 4–300 nm were grown on-oriented sapphire substrates
by reactive dc magnetron sputtering. X-ray diffraction, pole figure measurements and …

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 …

Metal to insulator transition at the surface of V2O3 thin films: An in-situ view

M Caputo, J Jandke, E Cappelli, SK Chaluvadi… - Applied Surface …, 2022 - Elsevier
V 2 O 3 has long been studied as a prototypical strongly correlated material. The difficulty in
obtaining clean, well ordered surfaces, however, hindered the use of surface sensitive …

Substrate-induced disorder in V2O3 thin films grown on annealed c-plane sapphire substrates

J Brockman, MG Samant, KP Roche… - Applied Physics …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
We investigate the structural and electronic properties of V 2 O 3 thin films deposited by
oxygen plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy onto annealed and unannealed c-plane …

Increased metal-insulator transition temperatures in epitaxial thin films of V2O3 prepared in reduced oxygen environments

J Brockman, NP Aetukuri, T Topuria… - Applied Physics …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
Thin films of V 2 O 3 were grown epitaxially on c-plane sapphire substrates by oxygen
plasma-assisted thermal evaporation. Reducing the amount of oxygen supplied during …

Influence of strain on the electronic properties of epitaxial V2O3 thin films

H Schuler, S Klimm, G Weißmann, C Renner, S Horn - Thin Solid Films, 1997 - Elsevier
Thin films of V2O3 with thickness of 20–450 nm were grown on (0001) oriented sapphire
substrates by reactive electron-beam evaporation. Low-energy electron diffraction, X-ray …

Chemical, structural and electronic properties of ultrathin V2O3 films on Al2O3 substrate: Implications in Mott-like transitions

V Polewczyk, SK Chaluvadi, D Dagur, F Mazzola… - Applied Surface …, 2023 - Elsevier
V 2 O 3 presents a complex interrelationship between the metal–insulator transition and the
structural rhombohedral-monoclinic one in temperature, as a function of sample thickness …