Nonpercolative metal-insulator transition in VO2 single crystals

作者:Mun, Bongjin Simon*; Chen, Kai; Yoon, Joonseok; Dejoie, Catherine; Tamura, Nobumichi; Kunz, Martin; Liu, Zhi; Grass, Michael E.; Mo, Sung-Kwan; Park, Changwoo; Lee, Y. Yvette; Ju, Honglyoul
来源:Physical Review B, 2011, 84(11): 113109.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.84.113109

摘要

Detailed temperature-dependent transport, optical microscopy, and synchrotron-based polychromatic x-ray microdiffraction measurements have been carried out in the vicinity of the metal-insulator transition (MIT) temperature of VO2 single crystals. The formation and propagation of a real-space phase boundary along the rutile c axis is monitored during the transition. Pure metallic rutile R, as well as insulating monoclinic M1 phases, is observed at the onset of MIT. The two phases are separated by a sharp-phase boundary. Our findings suggest a nonpercolative nature of the MIT in VO2.