Hydrogen stabilization of metallic vanadium dioxide in single-crystal nanobeams

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 357-362

  Wei, Jiang ^a   Ji, Heng ^a   Guo, Wenhua ^a   Nevidomskyy, Andriy H ^a   Natelson, Douglas ^a,b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROGENATION; METAL INSULATOR TRANSITION; METALS; NANOWIRES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ELECTRONIC PHASE DIAGRAM; FIRST PRINCIPLES ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INSULATING STATE; PHYSICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; POSTHYDROGENATION; RUTILE STRUCTURE; STRONGLY CORRELATED MATERIALS;

VANADIUM DIOXIDE;

HYDROGEN; NANOWIRE; TUNGSTEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANADIUM DERIVATIVE; VANADIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; HYDROGENATION; MICROSCOPY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84863726508     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2012.70     Document Type: Article

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