Nanoscale imaging of the electronic and structural transitions in vanadium dioxide

作者：Qazilbash M M^*; Tripathi A; Schafgans A A; Kim Bong Jun; Kim Hyun Tak; Cai Zhonghou; Holt M V; Maser J M; Keilmann F; Shpyrko O G; Basov D N

来源：Physical Review B, 2011, 83(16): 165108.

DOI：10.1103/PhysRevB.83.165108

We investigate the electronic and structural changes at the nanoscale in vanadium dioxide (VO2) in the vicinity of its thermally driven phase transition. Both electronic and structural changes exhibit phase coexistence leading to percolation. In addition, we observe a dichotomy between the local electronic and structural transitions. Nanoscale x-ray diffraction reveals local, nonmonotonic switching of the lattice structure, a phenomenon that is not seen in the electronic insulator-to-metal transition mapped by near-field infrared microscopy.

• 出版日期2011-4-13