Tuning metal-insulator transition by one dimensional alignment of giant electronic domains in artificially size-controlled epitaxial VO2 wires

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 26, 2012, Pages

  Takami, Hidefumi ^a   Kawatani, Kenichi ^a   Ueda, Hiroki ^a   Fujiwara, Kohei ^a   Kanki, Teruo ^a   Tanaka, Hidekazu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC DOMAINS; ONE DIMENSION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL ALIGNMENT; SPATIAL DIMENSIONALITIES; TIO;

ALIGNMENT; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

WIRE;

EID: 84871793200     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4773371     Document Type: Article

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